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See also: List of largest optical telescopes historically The 200-inch (5.1m) Hale telescope at Mount Palomar Satterthwaite, Gilbert (2002). "Did the reflecting telescope have English origins?". The Digges Telescope . Retrieved 25 January 2012. In that a lens is combined with the mirrors, yes. Physically, it is closer to a Newtonian in design, but in practice it simulates the Cassegrains. That is why it persists in the marketplace, worldwide, and as an inexpensive alternative to the latter. Alas, there's little love left for the venerable long-focus Newtonian... A popular alternative option, though, is to mount the telescope tube onto a rotating base that sits on the floor. In 2008, Max Tegmark and Matias Zaldarriaga proposed a " Fast Fourier Transform Telescope" design in which the lenses and mirrors could be dispensed with altogether when computers become fast enough to perform all the necessary transforms.

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This one looks really promising. Good discount and I even get smart phone adapter! Although there is "catadioptic system (integrated barlow lens)" and not sure if that makes calibration harder. a b Paul Schlyter. "Largest optical telescopes of the world". Stjarnhimlen.se . Retrieved 2013-08-01. To say that my first night with a telescope was a disappointment would be to indulge in an understatement so vast that it couldn’t possibly exist in a finite universe. Dad and I got the scope assembled okay, but once outdoors, we couldn’t see a thing. Matters weren’t helped by dad’s instance that we try using it without eyepieces first — to avoid unnecessarily complicating things. Of course, all we saw when we looked in the focuser was the silhouette of the secondary mirror, or as dad called it in tones of increasing frustration, “that damn bull’s-eye thing.” Dad didn’t know much about telescopes. I knew even less. Of course, other deep-sky objects may be viewed, with larger aperture Schmidt-Cassegrains providing the most satisfying experience. Perfect for the young scientists learning to use a telescope for the first time. Easy to use, focus and adjust. Can be handheld for ease of use. Or attach to the tripod to give a steady image. Great for looking at scenery and wildlife or at the starry skies. Includes dust caps for safe storage.On subsequent nights I tried in vain to coax some tiny particle of wonder from my telescope. It was not to be. Even using eyepieces didn’t materially improve the situation. Sure, occasionally I’d chance upon a random star, but there was little to suggest that I’d be rewarded with anything approaching the splendors shown on the telescope’s cardboard box any time soon. Eventually, discouragement won out over youthful enthusiasm and Luna was retired to a quiet corner of my room. Once the object of my greatest excitement, it had become the source of my biggest disappointment. And that’s where the story would have ended, had it not been for my Uncle Bob.

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ESO's VLT boasts advanced adaptive optics systems, which counteract the blurring effects of the Earth's atmosphere. a b The history of the telescope by Henry C. King, Harold Spencer Jones Publisher Courier Dover Publications, 2003 Pgs 25-27 ISBN 0-486-43265-3, ISBN 978-0-486-43265-6

The first record of a telescope comes from the Netherlands in 1608. It is in a patent filed by Middelburg spectacle-maker Hans Lippershey with the States General of the Netherlands on 2 October 1608 for his instrument " for seeing things far away as if they were nearby". [12] A few weeks later another Dutch instrument-maker, Jacob Metius also applied for a patent. The States General did not award a patent since the knowledge of the device already seemed to be ubiquitous [13] [14] but the Dutch government awarded Lippershey with a contract for copies of his design. Important developments in reflecting telescopes were John Hadley's production of larger paraboloidal mirrors in 1721; the process of silvering glass mirrors introduced by Léon Foucault in 1857; [4] and the adoption of long-lasting aluminized coatings on reflector mirrors in 1932. [5] The Ritchey-Chretien variant of Cassegrain reflector was invented around 1910, but not widely adopted until after 1950; many modern telescopes including the Hubble Space Telescope use this design, which gives a wider field of view than a classic Cassegrain. With this basic separation into groups established, we can review the benefits and compromises of each. There are two ways of using reflectors. Smaller models up to 12 inches or so can be used on tripod-style mounts similar to those used for refractors. A 1959 research paper by Simon de Guilleuma claimed that evidence he had uncovered pointed to the French born spectacle maker Juan Roget (died before 1624) as another possible builder of an early telescope that predated Hans Lippershey's patent application. [33] Leonardo da Vinci's purported "telescope", with the described eyepiece-lens drawn in. [34]