Optical Telescopes
38 entries in the Optical Telescopes compendium.
Optical telescopeAn instrument that gathers visible light to magnify distant objects.Amateur telescope makingBuilding telescopes as a hobby for enjoyment, economy, or research.Antarctica Schmidt telescopesThree small wide-field Schmidt telescopes at Dome A, Antarctica.Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert SystemRobotic survey providing days to weeks of warning for smaller asteroid impacts.BlackGEMArray of telescopes hunting optical counterparts to gravitational waves.Bok TelescopeLargest telescope operated solely by Steward Observatory.Bradford Robotic TelescopeAutonomous telescope for schools and individuals worldwide.CoRoTFirst space telescope dedicated to detecting transiting exoplanets.Dragonfly Telephoto ArrayGround-based array of telephoto lenses for ultra-low surface brightness galaxies.ESA Optical Ground StationESA's ground observatory for space debris and quantum communication experiments.EvryscopeRapid-cadence gigapixel telescope array detecting the first naked-eye superflare.FinderscopeA small auxiliary telescope for aiming a larger telescope.FlyeyeESA's fly-eye telescope for detecting near-Earth objects before impact.GOTO (telescope array)Robotic optical array for gravitational-wave and multi-messenger follow-up.James Gregory TelescopeLargest working optical telescope in the UK.Kilodegree Extremely Little TelescopeTwo robotic telescopes surveying bright stars for transiting exoplanets.LAMOSTA Chinese meridian reflecting Schmidt telescope for wide-field spectroscopy.Livermore Optical Transient Imaging SystemAutomated telescope for rapid optical follow-up of gamma-ray bursts.Mercator Telescope1.2 m telescope on La Palma for exoplanet research.MINERVA-AustralisSouthern hemisphere exoplanet follow-up observatory supporting NASA's TESS mission.Miniature Exoplanet Radial Velocity ArrayA ground-based robotic array for exoplanet discovery via photometry and spectroscopy.MOST (spacecraft)Canada's first space telescope and smallest in orbit for nearly a decade.Navy Precision Optical InterferometerWorld's largest-baseline optical interferometer, operated by the Naval Research Laboratory.Near Earth Object Surveillance SatelliteCanadian microsatellite searching for asteroids inside Earth's orbit.Nordic Optical TelescopeA 2.56-metre telescope in the Canary Islands, active since 1988.Pan-STARRSSurveying the sky for moving or variable objects continually.PROMPT TelescopesSix robotic telescopes for rapid gamma-ray burst afterglow observations.Radcliffe Telescope74-inch reflector, largest in Southern Hemisphere upon completion in 1948.Richard B. Dunn Solar TelescopeA vertical-axis solar telescope specializing in high-resolution imaging and spectroscopy.Robotic Optical Transient Search ExperimentMulti-telescope experiment for optical afterglow of gamma-ray bursts.Samuel Oschin telescopeA 48-inch Schmidt camera at Palomar Observatory.Small telescopeSmall telescopes dominate amateur astronomy and key research fields.SPECULOOSSearching for Earth-sized exoplanets around ultra-cool stars and brown dwarfs.Sunspot Solar ObservatorySolar observatory closed indefinitely after mercury leak in flagship telescope.Synoptic Optical Long-term Investigations of the SunA synoptic facility for long-term solar observations.UK Schmidt TelescopeA 1.24 m Schmidt survey telescope at Siding Spring Observatory.Uppsala Southern Schmidt TelescopeA Schmidt telescope used for asteroid and comet discovery in Australia.Vera C. Rubin ObservatoryA wide-field telescope surveying the southern sky every few nights.
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