infrared telescope
noun
infrared telescopes
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pluralof infrared telescope.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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Permanently shadowed craters are also ideal locations for space-based infrared telescopes that need extreme cold for their operation.
From Science Magazine ● Nov. 23, 2023
It is possible to look directly at Io’s volcanic hot spots with infrared telescopes.
From New York Times ● Jan. 25, 2023
Finally, artificial light or heat from cities and industry could also be detectable with large optical and infrared telescopes, as would a large number of satellites orbiting a planet.
From Salon ● Nov. 2, 2022
Years spent tracking the orbits of stars around Sagittarius A* with infrared telescopes had already given astronomers an accurate measure of the black hole's mass—the equivalent of roughly four million suns.
From Scientific American ● Sep. 19, 2022
Until very recently, however, visible-light and infrared telescopes on Earth’s surface could not produce images as sharp as the theory of light said they should.
From Textbooks ● Oct. 13, 2016
