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! Name || [[Aperture]] <br/>[[meter|m]] ||Aper. <br/>[[inch|in]] || [[Telescope|Mirror type]] || Nationality of Sponsors || Site || Built
! Name || [[Aperture]] <br/>[[meter|m]] ||Aper. <br/>[[inch|in]] || [[Objective (optics)|Objective]] || Significance || Site || Built
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| Plaskett telescope <ref> http://www.hia-iha.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/public/18_e.html </ref> || 1.83 m || 72″ || Single || designed as worlds largest but beat by [[Mount Wilson Observatory#100 inch (2.5 m) Hooker telescope|Hooker 100-Inch]] || [[Dominion Astrophysical Observatory]], Canada || 1918
| DDO 1.88 m || 1.88 m || 74″|| Single || Canada || [[David Dunlap Observatory]], [[Ontario]] || 1935
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| Plaskett telescope <ref> http://www.hia-iha.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/public/18_e.html </ref> || 1.83 m || 72″ || Single || Great Britain || [[Dominion Astrophysical Observatory]], Canada || 1918
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|[[Leviathan of Parsonstown]] || 1.83 m || 72″ || [[Speculum metal|Metal]] || [[Great Britain]] || [[Birr Castle]]; [[Ireland]] || 1845
|[[Leviathan of Parsonstown]] || 1.83 m || 72″ || [[Speculum metal|Metal]] || [[Great Britain]] || [[Birr Castle]]; [[Ireland]] || 1845
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|[[McMath-Pierce Solar Telescope]] || 1.61 m || 63″ || Single || USA || [[Kitt Peak National Observatory|Kitt Peak National Obs.]], USA || 1962
|[[McMath-Pierce Solar Telescope]] || 1.61 m || 63″ || Single || USA || [[Kitt Peak National Observatory|Kitt Peak National Obs.]], USA || 1962
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| BBO NST || 1.6 m || 63″ || Solar || USA || [[Big Bear Solar Observatory|Big Bear Solar Obs.]], USA || 2009
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| AZT-33<ref>http:http://en.iszf.irk.ru/Sayan_Solar_Observatoryl</ref> || 1.6 m || 63″ || Single || || [[Sayan Solar Observatory]] || 1981
| AZT-33<ref>http:http://en.iszf.irk.ru/Sayan_Solar_Observatoryl</ref> || 1.6 m || 63″ || Single || || [[Sayan Solar Observatory]] || 1981
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| [[Great Melbourne Telescope]]<ref> http://stjarnhimlen.se/bigtel/LargestTelescope.html </ref> || 1.22 m || 48″ || [[Speculum metal|Metal]] || [[Great Britain]] || [[Melbourne Observatory]], Australia || 1878-1889
| [[Great Melbourne Telescope]]<ref> http://stjarnhimlen.se/bigtel/LargestTelescope.html </ref> || 1.22 m || 48″ || [[Speculum metal|Metal]] || [[Great Britain]] || [[Melbourne Observatory]], Australia || 1878-1889
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| William Lassell 48-inch <ref> http://www.mikeoates.org/lassell/lassell_by_a_chapman.htm </ref>|| 1.22 m || 48″ || [[Speculum metal|Metal]] || [[Great Britain]] || [[Malta]] || 1861-1865
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| George Ritchey 40-inch (1 m)<ref> http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.html?pid=17931 </ref> || 102&nbsp;cm || 40″ || [[Ritchey-Chrétien|R/C]] || USA || [[Flagstaff Station|Flagstaff]], Arizona (Washington, D.C. until 1955)|| 1934
| George Ritchey 40-inch (1 m)<ref> http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.html?pid=17931 </ref> || 102&nbsp;cm || 40″ || [[Ritchey-Chrétien|R/C]] || USA || [[Flagstaff Station|Flagstaff]], Arizona (Washington, D.C. until 1955)|| 1934
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| Yerkes "41-inch" <ref> http://astro.uchicago.edu/vtour/41inch/ </ref> || 102&nbsp;cm || 40″|| Single || USA || [[Yerkes Observatory]], USA || 1968 <ref> http://www.nps.gov/history/history/online_books/butowsky5/astro4p.htm </ref>
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| ''Zeiss di Merate'' (1m reflector) || 100&nbsp;cm || 39.4″ || Single ||[[Kingdom of Italy (1861–1946)|Kingdom of Italy]] || [[Merate Astronomical Observatory|Merate Obs.]], [[Merate]], [[Italy]] || 1926
| ''Zeiss di Merate'' (1m reflector) || 100&nbsp;cm || 39.4″ || Single ||[[Kingdom of Italy (1861–1946)|Kingdom of Italy]] || [[Merate Astronomical Observatory|Merate Obs.]], [[Merate]], [[Italy]] || 1926
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| A.A. Common Reflector || 91.4&nbsp;cm || 36″ || Single || Great Britain || Great Britain || 1880-1896
| A.A. Common Reflector || 91.4&nbsp;cm || 36″ || Single || Great Britain || Great Britain || 1880-1896
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| Rosse 36-inch Telescope || 91.4&nbsp;cm || 36″ || [[Speculum metal|Metal]] || [[Great Britain]] || [[Birr Castle]]; [[Ireland]] ||1826
| William Lassell 48-inch <ref> http://www.mikeoates.org/lassell/lassell_by_a_chapman.htm </ref>|| 1.22 m || 48″ || [[Speculum metal|Metal]] || [[Great Britain]] || [[Malta]] || 1861-1865
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| William Lassell 24-inch <ref> http://www.mikeoates.org/lassell/telescope.htm </ref> || 61&nbsp;cm || 24″ || [[Speculum metal|Metal]] || [[Great Britain]] || [[Liverpool]], [[England]]|| 1845
| William Lassell 24-inch <ref> http://www.mikeoates.org/lassell/telescope.htm </ref> || 61&nbsp;cm || 24″ || [[Speculum metal|Metal]] || [[Great Britain]] || [[Liverpool]], [[England]]|| 1845
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| Rosse 36-inch Telescope || 91.4&nbsp;cm || 36″ || [[Speculum metal|Metal]] || [[Great Britain]] || [[Birr Castle]]; [[Ireland]] ||1826
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| Herschel 20-foot (47.5&nbsp;cm d.) <ref> http://www.maa.clell.de/Messier/E/Xtra/Bios/wherschel.html </ref><ref> http://www.nasm.si.edu/exhibitions/gal111/universe/etu_a_herschel.htm </ref>|| 47.5&nbsp;cm || 18.5″ || [[Speculum metal|Metal]] || [[Great Britain]] || [[Observatory House]]; [[England]]|| 1782
| Herschel 20-foot (47.5&nbsp;cm d.) <ref> http://www.maa.clell.de/Messier/E/Xtra/Bios/wherschel.html </ref><ref> http://www.nasm.si.edu/exhibitions/gal111/universe/etu_a_herschel.htm </ref>|| 47.5&nbsp;cm || 18.5″ || [[Speculum metal|Metal]] || [[Great Britain]] || [[Observatory House]]; [[England]]|| 1782

Revision as of 17:01, 1 August 2009

Table of optical telescope progression historically

Chronological list of optical telescopes by historical significance, not overall size.

Name Aperture
m		 Aper.
in		 Objective Significance Site Built
Plaskett telescope [1] 1.83 m 72″ Single designed as worlds largest but beat by Hooker 100-Inch Dominion Astrophysical Observatory, Canada 1918
Leviathan of Parsonstown 1.83 m 72″ Metal Great Britain Birr Castle; Ireland 1845
69-inch Perkins Telescope[2] 1.75 m 69″ Single USA Perkins Observatory, Ohio 1931-1964
McMath-Pierce Solar Telescope 1.61 m 63″ Single USA Kitt Peak National Obs., USA 1962
AZT-33[3] 1.6 m 63″ Single Sayan Solar Observatory 1981
Harvard 60-inch Reflector [4] 1.524 m 60″ Single USA Harvard College Observatory, USA 1905-1931
Hale 60-Inch Telescope 1.524 m 60″ Single USA Mt. Wilson Observatory; California 1908
Dunn Solar Telescope ex-VTT 1.524 m 60″ Single USA National Solar Obs.-Sacramento Peak, USA 1969
Herschel 40-foot(126 cm d.)[5] 1.26 m 49.5″ Metal Great Britain + Ireland Observatory House; England 1789-1815
AZT-11 [6] 1.25 m 49″ Single Abastumani Observatory, Georgia 1976
Babelsberg Zeiss [7] 1.22 m 48″ Single Germany Babelsberg Observatory; Berlin, Germany 1924-1947
Galileo 122 cm [8] 1.22 m 48″ Single Italy Asiago Observatory, Italy 1942
Samuel Oschin telescope 1.22 m 48″ Schmidt USA Palomar Observatory; California 1948
Great Melbourne Telescope[9] 1.22 m 48″ Metal Great Britain Melbourne Observatory, Australia 1878-1889
George Ritchey 40-inch (1 m)[10] 102 cm 40″ R/C USA Flagstaff, Arizona (Washington, D.C. until 1955) 1934
Zeiss di Merate (1m reflector) 100 cm 39.4″ Single Kingdom of Italy Merate Obs., Merate, Italy 1926
Zeiss 1m reflector 100 cm 39.4″ Single Belgium Royal Obs., Uccle, Belgium
Hamburg Spiegelteleskop (1m reflector)[11][12] 100 cm 39.4″ Single Deutsches Reich (Germany) Hamburg-Bergdorf Obs., Germany 1911
Kuiper Airborne Obs.(KAO) 91.4 cm 36″ Single USA C-141 (mobile) 1974-1995
Crossley Reflector [13] 91.4 cm 36″ Single US+UK Lick Observatory, USA 1896
A.A. Common Reflector 91.4 cm 36″ Single Great Britain Great Britain 1880-1896
William Lassell 48-inch [14] 1.22 m 48″ Metal Great Britain Malta 1861-1865
William Lassell 24-inch [15] 61 cm 24″ Metal Great Britain Liverpool, England 1845
Rosse 36-inch Telescope 91.4 cm 36″ Metal Great Britain Birr Castle; Ireland 1826
Herschel 20-foot (47.5 cm d.) [16][17] 47.5 cm 18.5″ Metal Great Britain Observatory House; England 1782
Hadley's Reflector [18] 15 cm 6″ Metal Great Britain England (mobile) 1721
Newton's Reflector[19] [20] 3.3 cm 1.3″ Metal Great Britain England (mobile) 1669
  1. ^ http://www.hia-iha.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/public/18_e.html
  2. ^ http://www.perkins-observatory.org/history.html
  3. ^ http:http://en.iszf.irk.ru/Sayan_Solar_Observatoryl
  4. ^ http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9A0CE3DC143AE733A25755C0A9629C946497D6CF New York Times "NEW HARVARD TELESCOPE.; Sixty-Inch Reflector, Biggest in the World, Being Set Up. "April 6, 1905, Thursday Page 9
  5. ^ "Original mirror for William Herschel's 40 foot telescope, 1785". Science & Society Picture Library. Retrieved 22 November 2008.
  6. ^ http://www.observatory.iliauni.edu.ge/index.php?lng=eng
  7. ^ http://www.aip.de/image_archive/images/122cm.jpg
  8. ^ http://www.pd.astro.it/asiago/7000/7200/7200.html
  9. ^ http://stjarnhimlen.se/bigtel/LargestTelescope.html
  10. ^ http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.html?pid=17931
  11. ^ http://www.hs.uni-hamburg.de/EN/Oef/Stw/1mspiegel/1mspiegel.html
  12. ^ http://adsabs.harvard.edu/full/1935Obs....58..208.
  13. ^ http://www.ucolick.org/public/telescopes/crossley.html
  14. ^ http://www.mikeoates.org/lassell/lassell_by_a_chapman.htm
  15. ^ http://www.mikeoates.org/lassell/telescope.htm
  16. ^ http://www.maa.clell.de/Messier/E/Xtra/Bios/wherschel.html
  17. ^ http://www.nasm.si.edu/exhibitions/gal111/universe/etu_a_herschel.htm
  18. ^ http://amazing-space.stsci.edu/resources/explorations//groundup/lesson/scopes/hadley/index.php
  19. ^ http://amazing-space.stsci.edu/resources/explorations/groundup/lesson/scopes/newton/index.php
  20. ^ Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Physics, Telescopes in History, Peter Bond
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