primary mirror
Britishnoun
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By combining the four VLT 8.2-metre telescopes at ESO's Paranal Observatory, they can resolve details as if astronomers would employ a telescope with a primary mirror of 200 metres in diameter.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 8, 2024
It's not just the sharpness of image that Webb can achieve with its 6.5m primary mirror, it's also the breadth of colour its instruments can now detect that makes the telescope so special.
From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2023
By blocking much of the starlight, we transformed the primary mirror into an array of small collectors, allowing Keck to work much like modern radio telescopes that link many smaller antennas together.
From Scientific American ● Aug. 18, 2023
Last fall, the 8-meter-diameter primary mirror of the Gemini North telescope, on Mauna Kea in Hawaii, was nicked on its outer edge while being moved for cleaning and recoating.
From New York Times ● Apr. 18, 2023
Telescopes are also limited by diffraction, because of the finite diameter D of their primary mirror.
From Textbooks ● Aug. 12, 2015
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