The Extremely Large Telescope (ELT) is an astronomical observatory under construction. When completed, it will be the world's largest optical and near-infrared...
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An extremely large telescope (ELT) is an astronomical observatory featuring an optical telescope with an aperture for its primary mirror from 20 metres...
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Overwhelmingly Large Telescope (OWL) was a conceptual design by the European Southern Observatory (ESO) organisation for an extremely large telescope, which was...
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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...
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as above. These telescopes are under construction and will meet the list inclusion criteria once completed: Extremely Large Telescope, Chile – 39.3 m...
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The Giant Magellan Telescope (GMT) is a ground-based, extremely large telescope currently under construction at Las Campanas Observatory in Chile's Atacama...
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The Very Large Telescope (VLT) is an astronomical facility operated since 1998 by the European Southern Observatory, located on Cerro Paranal in the Atacama...
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The California Extremely Large Telescope (CELT) was a proposal for an extremely large telescope design first proposed in the 1990s by a consortium of Californian...
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Ultraviolet astronomy (redirect from Ultraviolet telescope)
also carry telescopes for observing the Sun in ultraviolet. The Hubble Space Telescope and FUSE have been the most recent major space telescopes to view...
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is the Extremely Large Telescope. It will use a 39.3-metre-diameter segmented mirror, and become the world's largest optical reflecting telescope when operational...
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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...
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The Large Zenith Telescope (LZT) was a 6.0-meter diameter liquid-mirror telescope located in the University of British Columbia's Malcolm Knapp Research...
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130 kelvins) have been proposed as the fluid base for an extremely large-diameter spinning liquid-mirror telescope to be based on the Moon. Low temperature is advantageous...
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decided to build a fourth site, Cerro Armazones, to be home to the Extremely Large Telescope. Construction work at the ELT site started in June 2014. The Carnegie...
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mirror substrates for large optical telescopes such as: European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope and Extremely Large Telescope in Chile, Gran Telescopio...
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Paranal Observatory (section Very Large Telescope)
on Hawaii. The Very Large Telescope (VLT), the largest telescope on Paranal, is composed of four separate 8.2 m (320 in) telescopes. In addition, the four...
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Vera C. Rubin Observatory (redirect from Large Synoptic Survey Telescope)
The Vera C. Rubin Observatory, formerly known as the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST), is an astronomical observatory in Chile. Its main task is...
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to all major modern telescopes, such as the Very Large Telescope at Cerro Paranal and the future European Extremely Large Telescope. The design of the...
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Binoculars (redirect from Binocular telescope)
sizes vary widely from opera glasses to large pedestal-mounted military models. Unlike a (monocular) telescope, binoculars give users a three-dimensional...
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Observational astronomy (section Telescopes)
the resolution of a telescope. Without some means of correcting for the blurring effect of the shifting atmosphere, telescopes larger than about 15–20 cm...
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Segmented mirror (category Optical telescope components)
of the James Webb Space Telescope Three extremely large telescopes will be the next generation of segmented-mirror telescopes and are planned to be commissioned...
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Telescope (GMT) is an extremely large telescope under construction, as part of the US Extremely Large Telescope Program. Baade telescope: Inamori Magellan...
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Gamma Ray Observatory or by specialized telescopes called atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes. The Cherenkov telescopes do not detect the gamma rays directly...
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learning theory Ending lamination theorem Extremely large telescope, a type of telescope Extremely Large Telescope, an astronomical observatory under construction...
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Jodrell Bank Observatory (redirect from Transit Telescope)
Extremely Large Telescope Fabra Observatory Griffith Observatory La Silla Observatory Llano de Chajnantor Observatory Paranal Observatory Very Large Telescope...
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Aveni. A.F. (1986). "Archaeoastronomy: Past, Present and Future". Sky and Telescope. 72: 456–60. Bibcode:1986S&T....72..456A. Aveni, A.F. (1989a). World Archaeoastronomy...
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La Silla Observatory (redirect from ESO Schmidt telescope)
Observatory Atacama Large Millimeter Array Paranal Observatory Very Large Telescope Cerro Armazones Observatory Extremely Large Telescope Cerro Tololo Inter-American...
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Observatory 3.4 m (first light planned in 2020) Extremely Large Telescope (first light planned in 2027) Public Telescope (PST), German project of astrofactum. Launch...
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March 2020 through October 2022. Allen Telescope Array (ATA) Atacama Large Millimeter Array (ALMA) Green Bank Telescope (GBT) Lake San Agustín, which once...
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typically around 100–150 mm across at sea level, and larger at higher altitudes. A small telescope may look through individual cells, whose movements give...
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