List Of The Largest Optical Telescopes In The Contiguous United States
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This is a list of the largest optical telescopes in North America.


21st century

A list of optical telescopes located in North America by aperture.


Refractors

Some of the big traditional refractors (telescope with lens) in North America:


Biggest telescopes in 1950

''Optical telescopes only''


Biggest telescopes in 1900


Biggest telescopes in 1850

Some of the largest at observatories:


See also

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List of radio telescopes This is a list of radio telescopes – over one hundred – that are or have been used for radio astronomy. The list includes both single dishes and interferometric arrays. The list is sorted by region, then by name; unnamed telescopes are in r ...
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(mirrors) *
List of largest optical refracting telescopes Refracting telescopes use a lens to focus light. The largest refracting telescope in the world is the Yerkes Observatory 40 inch (102 cm) refractor, used for astronomical and scientific observation for over a century. The Swedish 1-m S ...
(lenses)


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US Telescopes (1989)
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Telescopes A telescope is a device used to observe distant objects by their emission, absorption, or reflection of electromagnetic radiation. Originally meaning only an optical instrument using lenses, curved mirrors, or a combination of both to observe ...
Optical telescopes An optical telescope is a telescope that gathers and focuses light mainly from the visible part of the electromagnetic spectrum, to create a magnified image for direct visual inspection, to make a photograph, or to collect data through electr ...