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  2. List of largest optical telescopes historically - Wikipedia

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    Largest Visible-light space based telescope: Low Earth orbit NASA+ ESA: 1990 BTA-6: 6 m: 238" glass mirror reflector: World's largest 1976: Zelenchukskaya, Caucasus: 1976 McMath-Pierce Solar Telescope: 1.61 m: 63" glass mirror reflector: Largest solar telescope: Kitt Peak National Obs., USA: 1962 Hale Telescope (200 inch) 5.08 m: 200" glass ...

  3. List of largest optical reflecting telescopes - Wikipedia

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    This list of the largest optical reflecting telescopes with objective diameters of 3.0 metres (120 in) or greater is sorted by aperture, which is a measure of the light-gathering power and resolution of a reflecting telescope. The mirrors themselves can be larger than the aperture, and some telescopes may use aperture synthesis through ...

  4. List of the largest optical telescopes in North America

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    Largest in operation [7] James Lick telescope Lick Observatory: Mount Hamilton, California, USA: 91 cm (36") 17.6 m: 1888 William Thaw Telescope Allegheny Observatory: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA: 76 cm (30") 14.1 m: 1914: Brashear made, photographic [8] Leander McCormick Observatory: Charlottesville, Virginia, USA: 66 cm (26") 9.9 m: 1884 ...

  5. List of large optical telescopes - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of large optical telescopes. For telescopes larger than 3 meters in aperture see List of largest optical reflecting telescopes . This list combines large or expensive reflecting telescopes from any era, as what constitutes famous reflector has changed over time.

  6. James Lick telescope - Wikipedia

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    A drawing of the telescope from an astronomy book. The fabrication of the two-element achromatic objective lens, the largest lens ever made at the time, caused years of delay. [2] The famous large telescope maker Alvan Clark, was in charge of the optical design. He gave the contract for casting the high quality optical glass blanks, of a size ...

  7. List of largest optical refracting telescopes - Wikipedia

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    The Swedish 1-m Solar Telescope, with a lens diameter of 43 inches, is technically the largest, with 39 inches clear for the aperture.The second largest refracting telescope in the world is the Yerkes Observatory 40 inch (102 cm) refractor, used for astronomical and scientific observation for over a century.

  8. James Webb Space Telescope - Wikipedia

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    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 high-resolution and high-sensitivity instruments, allowing it to view objects too old, distant, or faint for the Hubble Space Telescope. [9]

  9. Palomar Observatory - Wikipedia

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    Astronomer George Ellery Hale, whose vision created Palomar Observatory, built the world's largest telescope four times in succession. [8] He published a 1928 article proposing what was to become the 200-inch Palomar reflector; it was an invitation to the American public to learn about how large telescopes could help answer questions relating to the fundamental nature of the universe.

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