McMath–Pierce solar telescope is a 1.6 m f/54 reflecting solar telescope at Kitt Peak National Observatory in Arizona, United States. Built in 1962, the...
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being a heliostat to track the Sun. One example of this is the McMath-Pierce Solar Telescope. The Sun, being the closest star to earth, allows a unique chance...
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McMath, along with the eminent astronomer Keith Pierce, built a new, larger solar telescope on Kitt Peak called the McMath–Pierce solar telescope. McMath...
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Ground-based solar telescopes are specialized telescopes used to observe the Sun from Earth's surface. Solar telescopes often have multiple focal lengths...
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Kitt Peak National Observatory (redirect from Radio telescope at Kitt Peak)
meter telescope and the WIYN 3.5-meter telescope; there are also several two- and one-meter class telescopes. The McMath–Pierce solar telescope was for...
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Mount Wilson Observatory (redirect from Hooker Telescope)
years until the McMath–Pierce solar telescope was completed at Kitt Peak in Arizona in 1962. In 1985, UCLA took over operation of the solar tower from the...
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kinds of structures, including the Hajj airport terminal, the McMath–Pierce solar telescope and several stadium structures. Fazlur Rahman Khan was born...
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Secondary School McMath–Hulbert Observatory McMath–Pierce solar telescope This page lists people with the surname McMath. If an internal link intending to refer...
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third-largest solar telescope in the world, after the Big Bear Observatory and the McMath-Pierce solar telescope. It is aimed at observing the solar photosphere...
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Heliosphere (section Solar wind)
observatories include the McMath–Pierce solar telescope or the newer GREGOR Solar Telescope, and the refurbished Big Bear Solar Observatory. The heliosphere...
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astronomer Robert McMath. McMath obtained federal funding for a large solar telescope and chose Pierce to lead the project. Pierce gained observing experience...
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program in the 1950s. Robert McMath and one of the resident astronomers, Keith Pierce, established the McMath–Pierce solar telescope at Kitt Peak Observatory...
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partner in its Chicago office. His best known project is the McMath–Pierce solar telescope building constructed in 1962 at the Kitt Peak National Observatory...
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The McMath–Pierce solar telescope (the McMath Solar Telescope from 1962 to 1992) at Kitt Peak National Observatory in Arizona is named after McMath's son...
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Machine, New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission. "McMath-Pierce Solar Telescope - Tucson, Arizona". Som.com. Archived from the original on October...
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at Kitt Peak National Observatory for the McMath–Pierce Solar Telescope. From the late 1950s, Robert McMath served as the first president of Association...
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list of large optical telescopes. For telescopes larger than 3 meters in aperture see List of largest optical reflecting telescopes. This list combines...
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reflector telescope at the United States Naval Observatory Flagstaff Station in mid-March 1966. Observations obtained by the McMath–Pierce solar telescope at...
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Telescopes Selected largest telescopes The Historical Growth of Telescope Aperture (2003) Portals: Astronomy Stars Spaceflight Outer space Solar System...
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Low-Frequency Array (category Articles using Infobox telescope using locally defined parameters)
The Low-Frequency Array (LOFAR) is a large radio telescope, with an antenna network located mainly in the Netherlands, and spreading across 7 other European...
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the largest optical telescopes in the 20th century, paying special attention to the diameter of the mirror or lens of the telescope's objective, or aperture...
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Otto Struve (1946–1949) Alfred Harrison Joy (1949–1952) Robert Raynolds McMath (1952–1954) Donald Howard Menzel (1954–1956) Paul Willard Merrill (1956–1958)...
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Philip (March 1, 1999). "Once in a Blue Moon". Sky & Telescope: 52–55. Retrieved May 10, 2024. McLoone, Margo; Siegel, Alice; Rosenbaum, Richard (1985)...
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observatories such as transportable telescopes or instrument packages. For large observatories with numerous telescopes at a single location, only a single...
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Interferometry on the McMath-Pierce 0.8-Meter Solar Telescope. JDSO 11(1s): 302. Wiley, E. O. 2015. Autocorrelation techniques with small telescopes with comments...
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in which Bard gives inaccurate information about the James Webb Space Telescope in response to a query. Google employees criticized Pichai's "rushed"...
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(August 4, 2016). "Arthur B. C. Walker II: X-ray Astrophysicist". Sky & Telescope. Retrieved March 4, 2022. Nixon, Will (January 12, 1977). "NASA to Recruit...
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meanings of those names. Official naming citations of newly named small Solar System bodies are approved and published in a bulletin by IAU's Working...
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American Series, 1970-1999. McFarland. ISBN 9780786408900. Retrieved October 6, 2013. Polster, Burkard; Ross, Marty (2012). Math Goes to the Movies. JHU Press...
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fascination with astronomy, inviting them to look through his prized telescope. By 1900, Whipple's various business concerns were suffering a downturn...
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