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  2. List of large optical telescopes - Wikipedia

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    72-Inch Perkins Telescope: ... William Lassell 48-inch ... Pine Mountain Observatory, Pine Mountain, Oregon. 6300 feet elevation. 1970 IAC80 0.82 m 32" Single

  3. List of largest optical telescopes in the 19th century

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    The main material used early on for reflecting telescope mirrors was speculum metal, which reflected only about two-thirds of the incident light, and which tarnished, requiring maintenance. Two-element refracting telescopes were extensively used in 19th century observatories despite their smaller apertures than metal, and later glass, mirror ...

  4. List of largest optical reflecting telescopes - Wikipedia

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    There are only a few sites capable of polishing the mirrors for these telescopes. SAGEM in France polished the four VLT mirrors, the two Gemini mirrors, and the 36 segments for GTC. [18] The Steward Observatory Mirror Lab cast and polished the two LBT mirrors, the two Magellan mirrors, the MMT replacement mirror, and the LSST primary/tertiary ...

  5. Leviathan of Parsonstown - Wikipedia

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    Leviathan of Parsonstown, or Rosse six-foot telescope, is a historic reflecting telescope of 72 inches (1.83 m) aperture, which was the largest telescope in the world from 1845 until the construction of the 100-inch (2.5 m) Hooker Telescope in California in 1917.

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  7. Reflecting telescope - Wikipedia

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    From the time of Newton to the 1800s, the mirror itself was made of metal – usually speculum metal. This type included Newton's first designs and the largest telescope of the 19th century, the Leviathan of Parsonstown with a 6 feet (1.8 m) wide metal mirror. In the 19th century a new method using a block of glass coated with very thin layer ...

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