- A
telescope is a
device used to
observe distant objects by
their emission, absorption, or
reflection of
electromagnetic radiation. Originally, it was...
- The
history of the
telescope can be
traced to
before the
invention of the
earliest known telescope,
which appeared in 1608 in the Netherlands, when a...
- The
Extremely Large Telescope (ELT) is an
astronomical observatory under construction. When completed, it will be the world's
largest optical and near-infrared...
- The
James Webb
Space Telescope (JWST) is a
space telescope designed to
conduct infrared astronomy. As the
largest telescope in space, it is
equipped with...
- The
Hubble Space Telescope (HST or Hubble) is a
space telescope that was
launched into low
Earth orbit in 1990 and
remains in operation. It was not the...
- 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...
- An
infrared telescope is a
telescope that uses
infrared light to
detect celestial bodies.
Infrared light is one of
several types of
radiation present in...
-
which has been po****rly
named the
Water, or
Marine Telescope, from the
power given by its use to see into the
water,
consists of a tube of
metal or wood...
- were present. An
important example is of a
telescope filled with
water. The
speed of
light in such a
telescope will be
slower than in vacuum, and is given...
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South Pole
Telescope (SPT) is a 10-metre (390Â in)
diameter telescope located at the Amundsen–Scott
South Pole Station, Antarctica. The
telescope is designed...
