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    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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    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 It was removed on 28 August 2000, and has been superseded...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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    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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  • 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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    (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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    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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