- primary mirrors
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English-Spanish dictionary of astronomy terms. 2014.
English-Spanish dictionary of astronomy terms. 2014.
Primary mirror — A primary mirror (or primary) is the principal light gathering surface of a reflective telescope. For most of astronomy s history, primary mirrors used to be monolithic blocks of glass or other material, curved to exact shapes and coated with a… … Wikipedia
Blackburn with Darwen Teaching Primary Care Trust — Location map United Kingdom label = lat = 53.730000 long = 2.444444 background = green caption = Location of Blackburn with Darwen tPCT at grid reference SD7068 in the United Kingdom float = right width = 200Blackburn with Darwen tPCT is a UK… … Wikipedia
Active optics — is a relatively new technology for reflecting telescopes developed in the 1980s, which has more recently enabled the construction of a generation of telescopes with 8 metre primary mirrors. Active optics works by actively adjusting the telescope… … Wikipedia
Newtonian telescope — The Newtonian telescope is a type of reflecting telescope invented by the British scientist Sir Isaac Newton (1642–1727), using a concave primary mirror and a flat diagonal secondary mirror. Newton’s first reflecting telescope was completed in… … Wikipedia
Deformable mirror — A deformable mirror can be used to correct wavefront errors in an astronomical telescope … Wikipedia
Giant Magellan Telescope — Infobox Telescope bgcolour= name=Giant Magellan Telescope caption=Artwork of Giant Magellan Telescope organization=GMT Consortium location=Las Campanas Observatory, Chile coords=coord|29|01.7|S|70|41.15|W|display=inline,title|region:CL AT… … Wikipedia
Large Synoptic Survey Telescope — LSST redirects here. For the Lincolnshire School of Science and Technology, see The Priory LSST. Infobox Telescope bgcolour= name=Large Synoptic Survey Telescope caption= organization=LSST Corporation location=El Peñón, Chile… … Wikipedia
Null corrector — Testing a spherical mirror using an interferometer. All surfaces in the tester are either flat or spherical, so the tester itself is fairly easy to fabricate and test. This setup can test a spherical mirror of any size since the wavefront is… … Wikipedia
Rotating furnace — A rotating furnace is a device used to create lenses or primary mirrors for optical telescopes. It was observed that the centrifugal force induced shape of a spinning liquid is approximately the same as the shape of a telescope s primary focusing … Wikipedia
W. M. Keck Observatory — Infobox Telescope name = W. M. Keck Observatory caption = The summit of Mauna Kea is considered one of the most important astronomical viewing sites in the world. The twin Keck telescopes are two of the largest optical/near infrared instruments.… … Wikipedia
Combined Array for Research in Millimeter-wave Astronomy — The Combined Array for Research in Millimeter wave Astronomy (CARMA) is an astronomical instrument comprising 23 radio telescopes. These telescopes form an astronomical interferometer where all the signals are combined in a purpose built computer … Wikipedia