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  2. Celestron - Wikipedia

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    Celestron was the first large scale commercial manufacturer of the Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope, introducing its "C8" 8" diameter 2032 mm focal length, ƒ10 telescope in 1970. [7] The primary innovation Celestron/Tom Johnson devised was a method to produce Schmidt corrector plates using a vacuum to pull the glass blanks into a pre-shaped curve ...

  3. Tom Johnson (astronomer) - Wikipedia

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    The Celestron 8 was more compact, affordable and easier to manufacture than traditional telescopes, like the Schmidt–Cassegrain. [2] Johnson's new telescope proved very popular in the amateur astronomy and educational industries, allowing the hobby to rapidly expand and reach more consumers. [2] Johnson sold Celestron in 1980. [2]

  4. List of solar telescopes - Wikipedia

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    Solar telescopes often have multiple focal lengths, and use a various combination of mirrors such as coelostats, lenses, and tubes for instruments including spectrographs, cameras, or coronagraphs. There are many types of instruments that have been designed to observe Earth's Sun, for example, in the 20th century solar towers were common.

  5. Nexstar Media Group - Wikipedia

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    Nexstar Media Group, Inc. is an American publicly traded media company with headquarters in Irving, Texas, Midtown Manhattan, and Chicago.The company is the largest television station owner in the United States, owning 197 television stations across the U.S., most of which are affiliated with the four "major" U.S. television networks and MyNetworkTV in markets as large as New York City and as ...

  6. List of optical telescopes - Wikipedia

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    List of largest optical refracting telescopes; List of space telescopes; List of solar telescopes; List of telescope types; List of largest optical telescopes historically; List of largest optical telescopes in the 20th century; List of largest optical telescopes in the 19th century; List of largest optical telescopes in the 18th century

  7. Amateur astronomy - Wikipedia

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    Amateur astronomers watch the night sky during the Perseid meteor shower.. Amateur astronomy is a hobby where participants enjoy observing or imaging celestial objects in the sky using the unaided eye, binoculars, or telescopes.

  8. List of largest infrared telescopes - Wikipedia

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    The mirror of the James Webb Space Telescope is coated with gold because of its ability to reflect infrared light. Optical telescopes typically have used aluminum or silver. Infrared observations can see objects hidden in visible light, such as HUDF-JD2 shown.

  9. Orion Telescopes & Binoculars - Wikipedia

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    Orion ED120 apo refractor on Orion's Sirius EQ-G "GoTo" and GPS equipped German equatorial mount with portable 12 volt power supply. Orion sold a range of telescopes that they characterize as "beginner", "intermediate" or "advanced", including Newtonians, Maksutovs, Schmidt-Cassegrains, Ritchey-Chrétiens and refractors with or without (sold as optical tube assemblies or "OTA") a variety of ...

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