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• telescope — /tel euh skohp /, n., adj., v., telescoped, telescoping. n. 1. an optical instrument for making distant objects appear larger and therefore nearer. One of the two principal forms (refracting telescope) consists essentially of an objective lens… …   Universalium

• Telescope — A telescope is an instrument designed for the observation of remote objects and the collection of electromagnetic radiation. The first known practically functioning telescopes were invented in the Netherlands at the beginning of the 17th century …   Wikipedia

• Radio telescope — A radio telescope is a form of directional radio antenna used in radio astronomy and in tracking and collecting data from satellites and space probes. In their astronomical role they differ from optical telescopes in that they operate in the… …   Wikipedia

• History of the telescope — The earliest known working telescopes appeared in 1608 and are credited to Hans Lippershey and Zacharias Janssen, spectacle makers in Middelburg, and Jacob Metius of Alkmaar. The design of these early refracting telescopes consisted of a convex… …   Wikipedia

• Allen Telescope Array — Das Hat Creek Radioobservatorium ist eine vom Radio Astronomy Laboratory der University of California, Berkeley betriebene Radiosternwarte in Kalifornien, etwa 500 km nordöstlich von San Francisco in 1280 m Höhe gelegen. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 85… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

• Hubble Space Telescope — Infobox Space telescope name = Hubble Space Telescope (HST) caption = The Hubble Space Telescope as seen from Space Shuttle Discovery during its second servicing mission (STS 82) organization = NASAESASTScI alt names = nssdc id =… …   Wikipedia

• Spitzer Space Telescope — The Spitzer Space Telescope prior to launch General information NSSDC ID 2003 038A …   Wikipedia

• Very Large Telescope — VLT redirects here. For other uses, see VLT (disambiguation). Very Large Telescope The four Unit Telescopes that form the VLT together with th …   Wikipedia

• BLAST (telescope) — [ Esrange near Kiruna, Sweden before launch June 2005] The Balloon borne Large Aperture Submillimeter Telescope (BLAST) is a submillimeter telescope that hangs from a high altitude balloon. It has a 2 meter primary mirror that directs light into… …   Wikipedia

• Spitzer Space Telescope — ▪ United States satellite  U.S. satellite, the fourth and last of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration fleet of “Great Observatories” satellites, designed to study the Cosmos at infrared (infrared radiation) wavelengths. In operation …   Universalium

• Lovell Telescope — Infobox Telescope name = Lovell Telescope caption = The 76 m Lovell Telescope organization = Jodrell Bank Observatory location = Cheshire, UK coords = coord|53|14|13.2|N|2|18|25.74|W|display=inline,title altitude = wavelength = Up to 5 GHz… …   Wikipedia