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...planets appear as disks, some with distinguishable surface features. But stars other than the sun are so distant that even the closest one* looks like a mere pinpoint of light through the most powerful telescopes. Now astronomers at Arizona's Kitt Peak National Observatory have improved the stellar image. Using their new 158-in. reflector-the world's second largest telescope-in combination with a novel, computer-enhanced photographic technique, they have produced the first pictures of a star that show some surface detail...
...line of sight tend to break up the incoming light. As a result, the telescope's big mirror is, in effect, divided into a number of smaller lenses, somewhat like multiple lenses in the eye of a fly. Thus the photographic plate records not one sharp stellar image but many-from 100 to 500 for each photograph. Only with prolonged exposure do the separate points merge into the single fuzzy spot familiar to astronomers...
...star-actually emerge. To analyze and combine the specks, the astronomers used a high-speed scanning beam that detected minute differences of light intensity as it swept each speck. The data from each of the 40 plates were then fed into a computer, which reassembled them into a single stellar image, like an artist piecing together a mosaic...
...stylish coach, Crimson junior Gordon Adler coupled a duo of dynamic descents to end the day in third place. These were the first back-to-back runs representative of Adler's ability, and coach Carter hopes the careening Adler will continue to couple cosmic performances to build himself a stellar season...
Awards for the past season's stellar performances were presented last night during the annual football banquet at the Harvard Club of Boston. Star quarterback Milt Holt was the 26th recipient of the Frederick Greeley Crocker Award which is presented "to that Harvard player who in the opinion of his teammates possesses the initiative, perserverance, and selfless determination which were demonstrated by the late Ted Crocker." The award traditionally has the connotation of the Most Valuable Player Award...