A solar telescope or a solar observatory is a special-purpose telescope used to observe the Sun. Solar telescopes usually detect light with wavelengths...
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Mount Wilson Observatory (redirect from Hooker Telescope)
60-inch telescope which was the largest operational telescope in the world when it was completed in 1908. It also contains the Snow solar telescope completed...
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McMath–Pierce solar telescope is a 1.6 m f/54 reflecting solar telescope at Kitt Peak National Observatory in Arizona, United States. Built in 1962, the...
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The Swedish Vacuum Solar Telescope was a 47.5 cm solar telescope on La Palma in the Canary Islands. It was removed on 28 August 2000, and has been superseded...
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Ground-based solar telescopes are specialized telescopes used to observe the Sun from Earth's surface. Solar telescopes often have multiple focal lengths...
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The Swedish 1-m Solar Telescope (or SST) is a refracting solar telescope at Roque de los Muchachos Observatory, La Palma in the Canary Islands. It is run...
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The Space Solar Telescope (SST) is a planned Chinese optical space solar telescope. It was first proposed in the 1990s, and is intended to be a 1 metre...
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Kitt Peak National Observatory (redirect from Radio telescope at Kitt Peak)
1958. It is home to what was the largest solar telescope in the world, and many large astronomical telescopes of the late 20th century in the United States...
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Some telescopes are classified by the task they perform; for example Solar telescopes are all designs that look at the Sun, Dobsonian telescopes are designed...
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Survey Telescope (MUST), a 6.5 m spectroscopic survey telescope. Chinese Giant Solar Telescope (CGST), an infrared and optical solar telescope, with light-gathering...
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The Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope (DKIST) is a scientific facility for studies of the Sun at Haleakala Observatory on the Hawaiian island of Maui....
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as well as other ground-based assets such as the Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope. The objective of the mission is to perform close-up, high-resolution...
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The CERN Axion Solar Telescope (CAST) is an experiment in astroparticle physics to search for axions originating from the Sun. The experiment, sited at...
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observatory. Utilizing a variety of telescopes, USO is known for its solar observations, which include high-resolution solar chromospheric, magnetic field,...
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Meade Instruments (redirect from Polaris telescope)
world's largest manufacturer of telescopes. Besides selling under its "Meade" brand name, the company sells solar telescopes under the brand "Coronado". In...
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reflecting telescopes List of largest optical refracting telescopes List of largest optical telescopes historically List of radio telescopes List of solar telescopes...
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Haleakalā Observatory (category Solar observatories)
telescopes and one 0.38 m (15 in) telescope. The Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope (DKIST) is a 4.0 m (160 in) solar telescope of the National Solar Observatory...
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Teide Observatory (redirect from Mons Telescope)
(Germany). Installed in 1989. Télescope Heliographique pour l'Etude du Magnétisme et des Instabilités Solaries (THEMIS) Solar Telescope: 90 cm diameter, built...
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Snow Solar Telescope is a solar telescope at the Mount Wilson Observatory in California. It was originally named the Snow Horizontal Telescope as it...
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California houses several telescopes including the New Solar Telescope(NTS) which is a 1.6 meter, clear-aperture, off-axis Gregorian telescope. The NTS saw first...
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launched the Orbiting Solar Observatory (OSO) to obtain UV, X-ray, and gamma-ray spectra in 1962. An orbiting solar telescope was launched in 1962 by...
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Yerkes Observatory (redirect from Yerkes telescope)
refracting telescope, the second-largest refractor ever successfully used for astronomy. The largest lens is the Swedish 1-m Solar Telescope. There are...
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climate on La Palma called for a first-class solar telescope. The 47.5-cm Swedish Vacuum Solar Telescope (SVST) was erected in 1985. During the 1990s...
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Newton Telescope Jacobus Kapteyn Telescope Liverpool Telescope (2003– ) MAGIC MASCARA Mercator Telescope Nordic Optical Telescope Swedish Solar Telescope Wide...
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The Goode Solar Telescope (GST) is a scientific facility for studies of the Sun named after Philip R. Goode. It was the solar telescope with the world's...
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The Apollo Telescope Mount, or ATM, was a crewed solar observatory that was a part of Skylab, the first American space station. It could observe the Sun...
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ATST may refer to: Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope, formerly known as Advanced Technology Solar Telescope All Terrain Scout Transport (AT-ST), 2-legged...
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IXPE telescope. JAXA has launched the XRISM telescope, while ISRO has launched Aditya-L1 and XPoSat. The GOES 14 spacecraft carries on board a Solar X-ray...
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Dutch Open Telescope (DOT), also a solar telescope. A 0.6 m (2 ft 0 in) optical telescope.[citation needed] The Carlsberg Meridian Telescope (CMT). The...
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Sun (redirect from Solar diameter)
of the Solar System Midnight sun – Natural phenomenon when daylight lasts for a whole day Planets in astrology § Sun Solar telescope – Telescope used to...
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