astronomical telescope


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any telescope designed to collect and record electromagnetic radiation from cosmic sources

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d Real and anterior to the eyepiece in the astronomical telescope
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The European Space Agency's Herschel observatory carries the largest astronomical telescope operating in space today; it collects data at far-infrared wavelengths invisible to the naked eye.
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Herschel is the largest astronomical telescope ever to be put into space.
So, Leckrone writes in an e-mail, "Hubble is the first major astronomical optical telescope in space." And, he continues, "is definitely the first astronomical telescope to take full advantage of the observing environment in vacuum, above the distortions produced by the Earth's atmosphere."
This yields a very wide field of view for an astronomical telescope of about 15 degrees in diameter.
Summary: DUBAI - The first national astronomical telescope for the UAE (Emirates Telescope Project) is expected to be set up in the next
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GALILEO'S invention of the astronomical telescope four centuries ago will be celebrated by stargazers all over the world next year.
A SUTTON Coldfield professor will be giving a talk on the astronomical telescope on Tuesday March 13.
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