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 is a telescope that gathers and focuses light mainly from the visible part of the electromagnetic spectrum, to create a magnified...

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...

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...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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

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...

precise multi-element (~25 elements) abundances of 1  million stars derived from HERMES spectra. List of largest optical reflecting telescopes List of largest...

a list of large optical telescopes. For telescopes larger than 3 meters in aperture see List of largest optical reflecting telescopes. This list combines...

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

emitted by astronomical objects, just as optical telescopes are the main observing instrument used in traditional optical astronomy which studies the light wave...

The William Herschel Telescope (WHT) is a 4.20-metre (165 in) optical/near-infrared reflecting telescope located at the Roque de los Muchachos Observatory...

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

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

optical switches. The latest proposed extremely large astronomical telescopes, such as the Thirty Meter Telescope and the Extremely Large Telescope,...

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

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...

of exoplanets and novas. The primary mirror of the JWST, the Optical Telescope Element, is composed of 18 hexagonal mirror segments made of gold-plated...

aspheric correction is applied to some element in the optical system. Rutten, Harrie; van Venrooij, Martin (1988). Telescope Optics: Evaluation and Design. Richmond...

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

of four individual telescopes, each equipped with a primary mirror that measures 8.2 meters in diameter. These optical telescopes, named Antu, Kueyen...

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...