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telescope

an instrument designed for the observation of remote objects. The term usually refers to optical telescopes, but there are telescopes for most of the spectrum of electromagnetic radiation and for other signal types.

Wikipedia and Wikis

Telescope - Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telescope

History

History of telescopes - Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_telescopes

Other

Meade Instructional Telescope Videos
http://www.opticsplanet.net/meade-virtual-classroo ...
UK Telescopes
http://www.uk-telescopes.co.uk/
Dobsonian Telescopes
http://www.webstertelescopes.com/index.html
news.bbc.co.uk
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/380186.stm
The Digges telescope of the 1570s
http://www.chocky.demon.co.uk/oas/diggeshistory.ht ...
The Resolution of a Telescope
http://www.licha.de/astro_article_mtf_telescope_re ...
ESO 100-m telescope
http://www.eso.org/projects/owl/
The Swedish Solar telescope
http://www.solarphysics.kva.se/
Southern African Large Telescope (SALT)
http://www.salt.ac.za/
How to choose right Telescope
http://www.opticsplanet.net/how-to-buy-a-telescope ...
VSOP (VLBI Space Observatory Program) satellite
http://www.vsop.isas.ac.jp/

Keywords and Synonyms

telescope, Telescopes, Perspicil, The telescope, GOTO telescope, Telescopy

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