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  • 1Hubble Space Telescope — Infobox Space telescope name = Hubble Space Telescope (HST) caption = The Hubble Space Telescope as seen from Space Shuttle Discovery during its second servicing mission (STS 82) organization = NASAESASTScI alt names = nssdc id =… …

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  • 2Hubble Space Telescope (HST) — Most sophisticated optical observatory ever placed into orbit around Earth. Because it is above Earth s obscuring atmosphere, it can obtain images much brighter, clearer, and more detailed than ground based telescopes can. Named for Edwin Hubble …

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  • 3Optical microscope — Microscope Uses Small sample observation Notable experiments Discovery of cells Inventor Hans Lippershey Zacharias Jans …

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  • 4Optical coating — Optically coated mirrors and lenses. An optical coating is one or more thin layers of material deposited on an optical component such as a lens or mirror, which alters the way in which the optic reflects and transmits light. One type of optical… …

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  • 5James Webb Space Telescope — General information Organization NASA[1], with significant contributions from ESA and CSA …

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  • 6Newtonian telescope — The Newtonian telescope is a type of reflecting telescope invented by the British scientist Sir Isaac Newton (1642–1727), using a concave primary mirror and a flat diagonal secondary mirror. Newton’s first reflecting telescope was completed in… …

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  • 7Dobsonian telescope — A Dobsonian telescope on display at Stellafane in the early 1980s A Dobsonian telescope is an alt azimuth mounted newtonian telescope design popularized by the amateur astronomer John Dobson starting in the 1960s. Dobson s telescopes featured a… …

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  • 8Ritchey-Chrétien telescope — The Ritchey Chrétien telescope or RCT is a specialized Cassegrain telescope designed to eliminate coma, thus providing a relatively large field of view as compared to a more conventional configuration. An RCT has a hyperbolic primary and a… …

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  • 9Advanced Technology Large-Aperture Space Telescope — The Advanced Technology Large Aperture Space (ATLAS) Telescope [ What Will Astronomy Be Like in 35 Years? Astronomy magazine, August, 2008] is a proposed 8 to 16 meter (320 to 640 inch) optical space telescope that if approved, built, and… …

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  • 10Great Paris Exhibition Telescope of 1900 — The Great Paris Exhibition Telescope of 1900, with an objective lens of 1.25 m (49.2 inches) in diameter, was the largest refracting telescope ever constructed. It was built as the centerpiece of the Paris Universal Exhibition of 1900. Its… …

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