Optical Telescope Element (OTE) is a sub-section of the James Webb Space Telescope, a large infrared space telescope launched on 25 December 2021, consisting...

An optical telescope gathers and focuses light mainly from the visible part of the electromagnetic spectrum, to create a magnified image for direct visual...

the Optical Telescope Element review completed in October 2009, and the Sunshield review completed in January 2010. In April 2010, the telescope passed...

A refracting telescope (also called a refractor) is a type of optical telescope that uses a lens as its objective to form an image (also referred to a...

off-axis optical errors (coma). The RCT has a wider field of view free of optical errors compared to a more traditional reflecting telescope configuration...

headlamps, early lighthouse focusing systems, optical telescopes, microscopes, and telephoto lenses. Other optical systems that use lenses and mirrors are also...

structural components. The other three elements of the JWST are the Optical Telescope Element (OTE), the Integrated Science Instrument Module (ISIM), and the...

Operational Test and Evaluation Directorate Optical Telescope Element, a sub-section of the planned James Webb Space Telescope Ordinary time earnings, the basis...

mirrors completed. 3 March 2016: secondary mirror installed on Optical Telescope Element (OTE). March 2016: Aft Optics Subsystem installed on OTE. November...

COAST, the Cambridge Optical Aperture Synthesis Telescope, is a multi-element optical astronomical interferometer with baselines of up to 100 metres, which...

from severe chromatic aberration. Although reflecting telescopes produce other types of optical aberrations, it is a design that allows for very large...

three-mirror anastigmat is an anastigmat telescope built with three curved mirrors, enabling it to minimize all three main optical aberrations – spherical aberration...

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...

productive 4-metre-class optical telescope in the world based on scientific publications using data from the telescope. The telescope was commissioned in 1974...

four individual telescopes, each equipped with a primary mirror that measures 8.2 metres (27 ft) in diameter. These optical telescopes, named Antu, Kueyen...

Originally, it was an optical instrument using lenses, curved mirrors, or a combination of both to observe distant objects – an optical telescope. Nowadays, the...

Large-aperture Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST) is a 6.5-m-class optical telescope designed to survey the visible sky every week down to a much fainter...

single element lens whereas most of this list are doublets, with a crown and flint lens elements. Lists of telescopes List of largest optical reflecting...

used in optical telescopes and radio antennas, the main characteristic being that the optical path folds back onto itself, relative to the optical system's...

(since 2008) is a 2.4-meter fast-tracking optical telescope, and under construction is a ten-element optical interferometer. The MRO Interferometer is...

In optical astronomy, interferometry is used to combine signals from two or more telescopes to obtain measurements with higher resolution than could be...

F470N – H 2 F480M – Brown dwarfs, planets, continuum Optical Telescope Element James Webb Space Telescope timeline Near Infrared Camera and Multi-Object Spectrometer...

level relationship between two or more points, for which an inbuilt optical telescope and a highly accurate bubble level are used to achieve the necessary...

California for testing. During launch it was wrapped around the Optical Telescope Element and then later unfolded. The sunshield was planned to be unfolded...

major sections of the JWST are the Optical Telescope Element (OTE) (mirrors and their structure) and the Spacecraft Element (SE), which includes the spacecraft...

interferometer or telescope array is a set of separate telescopes, mirror segments, or radio telescope antennas that work together as a single telescope to provide...

except space telescopes Telescope – ground-based and space telescopes; organizations that operate telescopes (for example, the National Optical Astronomy...

The OTE Pathfinder (for Optical Telescope Element Pathfinder), or James Webb Space Telescope Pathfinder, is a technology demonstrator and test article...

Subaru Telescope (すばる望遠鏡, Subaru Bōenkyō) is the 8.2-metre (320 in) telescope of the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, located at the Mauna Kea...

primary element is a single fused silica lens, making it the largest optical refracting telescope in use in the world. The Swedish 1-m Solar Telescope, with...