Prabhupada, February 13, 1975, Mexico: […] But that is the tendency of modern science. They do not accept that their senses are imperfect. They want to see something, distant place, with microscope… What is called? Telescope. Telescope. But the telescope is manufactured by you. It is imperfect.
Professor: But I would say that even in India, where ancient tradition… They would propose how to arrange our telescopes to be able to see more correctly.
Prabhupada: You have to see… That… Vedic injunction says, sastra-caksusa. Sastra-caksusa: “Your eyes should be the sastra.” There is another crude example. Just like who is your father? How do you understand? Through the vibration of the mother. The mother says, “He is your father.” You accept it. Otherwise there is no experiment. So things which are beyond your perception, beyond your defective senses, that should not be speculated. Na tams tarkena yojayet. Acintya khalv ye bhava na tams tarkena yojayet. These are the injunction. What is beyond your perception, beyond your speculation, don’t waste your time so-called argument and logic. What is argument? Mother says, “He is your father.” Where is the argument? You cannot apply any argument. Full Conversation

New solar telescope GREGOR

GREGOR is the new 1.5 m solar telescope currently assembled on Tenerife, Spain, by the German consortium of the Kiepenheuer Institute for Solar Physics, the Astrophysical Institute Potsdam, the Institute for Astrophysics Goettingen, the Max-Planck-Institute for Solar System Research and other international partners.

The telescope is designed for high-precision measurements of the magnetic field and the gas motion in the solar photosphere and chromosphere with a resolution of 70 km on the Sun, and for high resolution stellar spectroscopy.

The new Gregory type telescope with open telescope structure, alt-azimuth mount, complete retractable dome, adaptive optics and a pool of well established and new developed post focus instruments will replace the 45 cm Gregory Coudé telescope at the Teide Observatory on Tenerife which will be retired after 40 years of service.

The GREGOR telescope is currently the most import project of the Kiepenheuer-Institute. After inauguration in the year 2011 it will be one of the most powerful solar telescopes of the world and many new scientific results are expected.
source: UNI Freiburg