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    Controversy over giant telescope roils astronomy conference in Hawaii

    No, La Palma is a wretched site for the TMT because: 1. It has relatively poor seeing, so the telescope would not be able to produce high-resolution, high-sensitivity images. The TMT Adaptive Optics system would not perform well. 2. It is too low. That makes it too warm and it has too much water...