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  • Thumbnail for Large Ultraviolet Optical Infrared Surveyor
    is a multi-wavelength space telescope concept being developed by NASA under the leadership of a Science and Technology Definition Team. It is one of...
    20 KB (1,961 words) - 21:22, 8 October 2023
  • Thumbnail for James Webb Space Telescope
    Retrieved 7 January 2022. "Advanced Concepts Studies – The 4 m Aperture "Hi-Z" Telescope". NASA Space Optics Manufacturing Technology Center. Archived from...
    213 KB (19,831 words) - 20:45, 9 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for Siding Spring 2.3 m Telescope
    The 2.3 metre telescope at Siding Spring Observatory is operated by the Australian National University. The Advanced Technology Telescope was constructed...
    4 KB (350 words) - 02:33, 5 January 2024
  • Thumbnail for Telescope
    A telescope is a device used to observe distant objects by their emission, absorption, or reflection of electromagnetic radiation. Originally, it was...
    41 KB (3,925 words) - 17:13, 9 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for W. M. Keck Observatory
    Laboratory had been developing the technology necessary to build a large, ground-based telescope. In 1985, Howard B. Keck of the W. M. Keck Foundation gave $70...
    17 KB (1,885 words) - 19:15, 18 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Overwhelmingly Large Telescope
    Larry M. (ed.). "The future of filled aperature telescopes: Is a 100m feasible?" (PDF). Advanced Technology Optical/IR Telescopes. Advanced Technology Optical/IR...
    6 KB (592 words) - 23:55, 9 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Large Binocular Telescope
    The Large Binocular Telescope (LBT) is an optical telescope for astronomy located on 10,700-foot (3,300 m) Mount Graham, in the Pinaleno Mountains of...
    21 KB (2,123 words) - 15:24, 6 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for History of the telescope
    The history of the telescope can be traced to before the invention of the earliest known telescope, which appeared in 1608 in the Netherlands, when a...
    74 KB (9,260 words) - 12:14, 9 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for Ritchey–Chrétien telescope
    Canary Islands, (Spain). The 3.58 m New Technology Telescope at the European Southern Observatory, (Chile). The 3.5 m ARC telescope at Apache Point Observatory...
    16 KB (2,145 words) - 21:22, 15 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for List of largest optical reflecting telescopes
    Telescopes with aperture diameter >8 metres This list of the largest optical reflecting telescopes with objective diameters of 3.0 metres (120 in) or greater...
    35 KB (1,572 words) - 18:55, 26 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Giant Magellan Telescope
    The Giant Magellan Telescope (GMT) is a ground-based, extremely large telescope currently under construction at Las Campanas Observatory in Chile's Atacama...
    38 KB (3,761 words) - 09:25, 31 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Hubble Space Telescope
    reflecting telescope with a mirror 3 m (9.8 ft) in diameter, known provisionally as the Large Orbiting Telescope or Large Space Telescope (LST), with...
    218 KB (21,788 words) - 16:45, 15 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for Hale Telescope
    The Hale Telescope is a 200-inch (5.1 m), f/3.3 reflecting telescope at the Palomar Observatory in San Diego County, California, US, named after astronomer...
    30 KB (2,954 words) - 18:08, 3 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Optical telescope
    An optical telescope is a telescope that gathers and focuses light mainly from the visible part of the electromagnetic spectrum, to create a magnified...
    58 KB (8,133 words) - 23:45, 21 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Arecibo Telescope
    The Arecibo Telescope was a 305 m (1,000 ft) spherical reflector radio telescope built into a natural sinkhole at the Arecibo Observatory located near...
    84 KB (8,561 words) - 14:14, 20 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Reflecting telescope
    several large modern telescopes that use a Gregorian configuration such as the Vatican Advanced Technology Telescope, the Magellan telescopes, the Large Binocular...
    33 KB (3,918 words) - 17:54, 3 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for Thirty Meter Telescope
    The Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) is a planned extremely large telescope (ELT) proposed to be built on Mauna Kea, on the island of Hawai'i. The TMT would...
    77 KB (7,559 words) - 00:15, 10 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Chandra X-ray Observatory
    Observatory (CXO), previously known as the Advanced X-ray Astrophysics Facility (AXAF), is a Flagship-class space telescope launched aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia...
    38 KB (3,670 words) - 15:04, 24 August 2024
  • Length: 1,200 mm (3 ft 11 in) Muzzle velocity: 160.0 m/s (525 ft/s) Highest possible speed: 243.0 m/s (797 ft/s) Sights: telescope sights (can be reused)...
    21 KB (2,095 words) - 06:48, 7 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for United Kingdom Infrared Telescope
    Infra-Red Telescope (UKIRT) is a 3.8 metre (150 inch) infrared reflecting telescope, the second largest dedicated infrared (1 to 30 micrometres) telescope in...
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