optical telescope
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concept
An optical telescope is an instrument that gathers and focuses visible light to produce magnified images of distant objects for observation and study.
Aliases (4)
- astronomical observatory instrument ×12
- wide-field imager ×4
- Schmidt telescope ×1
- telescope focus configuration ×1
Instances (43)
- Gemini South Observatory
- Magellan I
- Cassegrain focus ("telescope focus configuration")
- Magellan Clay Telescope
- Magellan Telescopes
- Swope Telescope
- 85-foot Howard E. Tatel Radio Telescope ("astronomical observatory instrument")
- IMACS ("wide-field imager")
- FourStar ("wide-field imager")
- du Pont Telescope
- Thirty Meter Telescope
- European Extremely Large Telescope
- Warsaw Telescope
- New Technology Telescope
- NTT 3.58 m Telescope
- WFI wide field imager ("wide-field imager")
- ESO 3.6 m Telescope
- MPG/ESO 2.2 m Telescope
- Dark Energy Camera ("wide-field imager")
- Baade Telescope
- Víctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope
- SMARTS 1.5-meter Telescope
- SMARTS 1.3-meter Telescope
- SMARTS 0.9-meter Telescope
- SMARTS 0.6-meter Telescope
- CTIO
- Gemini North Observatory
- 100-inch Hooker Telescope at Mount Wilson Observatory ("astronomical observatory instrument")
- Subaru Telescope
- Canada–France–Hawaii Telescope
- Giant Magellan Telescope