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by BenjiWiebe 52 days ago
What? The atmosphere gets in the way. Ever heard of an (amateur/)astronomer talking about 'good seeing'? That's when the atmosphere is hindering you less than usual.

The limiting factor of passive optical telescopes on earth is the atmosphere.

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They are talking about very high energy gamma-ray telescopes, the Imaging Cherenkov Telescopes.