HAT HAS EIGHT eyes, eight legs, is brown or grey, and lurks in Aussie homes? You’ve got it – a huntsman. So, what has 10 eyes, one leg, is black, white and red, and stares at night skies? I Huntsman, a new telescope type that debuted this year at Australia’s national optical observatory at Siding Spring near Coonabarabran in New SouthWales. Operated by Macquarie University, it’s the brainchild of the university’s Dr Lee Spitler and is unique in the Southern Hemisphere, but was inspired by an instrument in the north.
