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The Green Bank Telescope Snaps New Hot Photos of the Moon

Posted on 2019-08-30 at 9:00 am.

high resolution image of the moon. MUSTANG image — Portion of the high resolution image of the Moon surface made by the MUSTANG-2 radio camera.

This unusual view of the Moon, made with the Green Bank Telescope (GBT), shows the glow from the Moon’s heat revealing features undetectable to an ordinary telescope that sees only reflected light.