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Telescope. The 100-inch (2.54 m) Hooker reflecting telescope at Mount Wilson Observatory near Los Angeles, USA, used by Edwin Hubble to measure galaxy redshifts and discover the general expansion of the universe. A telescope is a device used to observe distant objects by their emission, absorption, or reflection of electromagnetic radiation. [1]
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- History of The Telescope
Many types of telescopes were developed in the 20th century...
- Optical telescope
An optical telescope is a telescope that gathers and focuses...
- Hubble Space Telescope
The Hubble Space Telescope (often referred to as HST or...
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A space telescope (also known as space observatory) is a...
- Radio telescope
A radio telescope is a specialized antenna and radio...
- Reflecting Telescope
A telescope (from the Ancient Greek τῆλε, tele "far" and σκοπεῖν, skopein "to look or see"; τηλεσκόπος, teleskopos) makes astronomical objects appear closer to the naked eye. It is an important tool for astronomy that gathers light and directs it to a single point.
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