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2. List of largest optical reflecting telescopes - Wikipedia

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   Single mirrors are also referred to monolithic mirrors, and can be sub-categorized in types, such as solid or honeycomb. Comparison of nominal sizes of apertures of some notable optical telescopes For the largest reflecting telescopes on the planet, the horizontal indicates the year built and the vertical direction indicates the size of the ...

3. List of largest optical telescopes historically - Wikipedia

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   The following is a list of largest single mount optical telescopes sorted by total objective diameter (aperture), including segmented and multi-mirror configurations. It is a historical list, with the instruments listed in chronological succession by objective size.

4. File:Comparison optical telescope primary mirrors.svg

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   16) Large Binocular Telescope, 11.8 m effective (two 8.4‑m telescopes on a common mount), 2005 and 2006; each individual telescope has the largest monolithic (i.e. non-segmented) mirror in an optical telescope, while the combined effective light collecting area is the largest for any optical telescope in non-interferometric mode

5. Extremely large telescope - Wikipedia

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   Comparison of nominal sizes of apertures of the above extremely large telescopes and some notable optical telescopes. An extremely large telescope (ELT) is an astronomical observatory featuring an optical telescope with an aperture for its primary mirror from 20 metres up to 100 metres across, [1] [2] when discussing reflecting telescopes of optical wavelengths including ultraviolet (UV ...

6. Primary mirror - Wikipedia

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   The largest optical telescope in the world as of 2009 to use a non-segmented single-mirror as its primary mirror is the 8.2 m (27 ft) Subaru telescope of the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, located in Mauna Kea Observatory on Hawaii since 1997; [3] [better source needed] however, this is not the largest diameter single mirror in a telescope, the U.S./German/Italian Large Binocular ...

7. Work progresses on giant telescope in Chile's Atacama Desert

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   The boxes are due to be assembled into one giant mirror approximately 1-1/2 times the size of Berlin's Brandenburg Gate. The telescope's primary mirror will measure about 39.3 meters (130 feet ...