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    McMathPierce 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 McMathPierce solar telescope. McMath...
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    meter telescope and the WIYN 3.5-meter telescope; there are also several two- and one-meter class telescopes. The McMathPierce solar telescope was for...
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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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  • kinds of structures, including the Hajj airport terminal, the McMathPierce solar telescope and several stadium structures. Fazlur Rahman Khan was born...
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    years until the McMathPierce 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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  • Secondary School McMath–Hulbert Observatory McMathPierce solar telescope This page lists people with the surname McMath. If an internal link intending to refer...
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    observatories include the McMathPierce 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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    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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  • program in the 1950s. Robert McMath and one of the resident astronomers, Keith Pierce, established the McMathPierce solar telescope at Kitt Peak Observatory...
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    partner in its Chicago office. His best known project is the McMathPierce solar telescope building constructed in 1962 at the Kitt Peak National Observatory...
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    The McMathPierce 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 McMathPierce 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 McMathPierce 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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    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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    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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    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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