Hubble II Space Telescope
Names: Hubble II Space TelescopeHubble IIHubble
First appears in Book 2: The Dark Forest, chapter 2 (Year 3, Crisis Era)
Appearances
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What you know
Book 2: The Dark Forest
- Ch 221-meter telescope assembled in orbit from eleven launches, fifty times more capable than Hubble, requisitioned by the military for observing the nearest star.
- Ch 3Hubble II is a cylinder over twenty meters in diameter and over a hundred meters long, still in testing a week after assembly.
- Ch 3Hubble II's image of Trisolaris shows three diffuse halos and a faint 'brush' of about a thousand bristles beside them.
- Ch 5Hubble II captured the Trisolaran Fleet's wake after it crossed the second interstellar dust patch, revealing ten extra, faster-accelerating objects among the thousand wakes.
Connections
- created byZeissZeiss manufactured the lens
- has memberHarrisPart of the control room team
- related toAlbert Ringierastronomer associated with Hubble II's observation of Trisolaris
Key moments
- Book 2 · Ch 3Hubble II discovers the Trisolaran Fleet
Pushed by Fitzroy, Ringier's team turns Hubble II toward Trisolaris and finds the dust wake of about a thousand ships, confirming the invasion fleet is real.
- Book 2 · Ch 5Probes discovered in Trisolaran fleet
Hubble II reveals ten fast probes launched by the Trisolaran Fleet, which will arrive decades ahead of it. Fitzroy links the launch date to Luo Ji's hearing and concludes Luo Ji is vital.