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Summary
Comparison of nominal sizes of primary mirrors of notable optical telescopes. Dotted lines show mirrors with equivalent light-gathering ability. Thanks to user at 71.41.210.146 for data on holes in mirrors.
- <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yerkes_Observatory" class="extiw" title="en:Yerkes Observatory">en:Yerkes Observatory</a>
- <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Paris_Exhibition_Telescope_of_1900" class="extiw" title="en:Great Paris Exhibition Telescope of 1900">en:Great Paris Exhibition Telescope of 1900</a>
- <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hooker_Telescope" class="extiw" title="en:Hooker Telescope">en:Hooker Telescope</a>
- <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hale_telescope" class="extiw" title="en:Hale telescope">en:Hale telescope</a>
- <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BTA-6" class="extiw" title="en:BTA-6">en:BTA-6</a>
- <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiple_Mirror_Telescope" class="extiw" title="en:Multiple Mirror Telescope">en:Multiple Mirror Telescope</a>
- <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Large_Zenith_Telescope" class="extiw" title="en:Large Zenith Telescope">en:Large Zenith Telescope</a>
- <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaia_(spacecraft)" class="extiw" title="en:Gaia (spacecraft)">en:Gaia (spacecraft)</a>
- <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kepler_(spacecraft)" class="extiw" title="en:Kepler (spacecraft)">en:Kepler (spacecraft)</a>
- <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Webb_Space_Telescope" class="extiw" title="en:James Webb Space Telescope">en:James Webb Space Telescope</a>
- <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hubble_Space_Telescope" class="extiw" title="en:Hubble Space Telescope">en:Hubble Space Telescope</a>
- <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LAMOST" class="extiw" title="en:LAMOST">en:LAMOST</a> (Large Sky Area Multi-Object Fiber Spectroscopic Telescope)
- <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gran_Telescopio_Canarias" class="extiw" title="en:Gran Telescopio Canarias">en:Gran Telescopio Canarias</a>
- <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hobby%E2%80%93Eberly_Telescope" class="extiw" title="en:Hobby–Eberly Telescope">en:Hobby–Eberly Telescope</a>
- <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_African_Large_Telescope" class="extiw" title="en:Southern African Large Telescope">en:Southern African Large Telescope</a>
- <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Large_Binocular_Telescope" class="extiw" title="en:Large Binocular Telescope">en:Large Binocular Telescope</a>
- <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Very_Large_Telescope" class="extiw" title="en:Very Large Telescope">en:Very Large Telescope</a>
- <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magellan_Telescopes" class="extiw" title="en:Magellan Telescopes">en:Magellan Telescopes</a>
- <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keck_Telescopes" class="extiw" title="en:Keck Telescopes">en:Keck Telescopes</a>
- <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subaru_Telescope" class="extiw" title="en:Subaru Telescope">en:Subaru Telescope</a>
- <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gemini_Observatory" class="extiw" title="en:Gemini Observatory">en:Gemini Observatory</a>
- <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Large_Synoptic_Survey_Telescope" class="extiw" title="en:Large Synoptic Survey Telescope">en:Large Synoptic Survey Telescope</a>
- <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giant_Magellan_Telescope" class="extiw" title="en:Giant Magellan Telescope">en:Giant Magellan Telescope</a>
- <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thirty_Meter_Telescope" class="extiw" title="en:Thirty Meter Telescope">en:Thirty Meter Telescope</a>
- <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Extremely_Large_Telescope" class="extiw" title="en:European Extremely Large Telescope">en:European Extremely Large Telescope</a>
- <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overwhelmingly_Large_Telescope" class="extiw" title="en:Overwhelmingly Large Telescope">en:Overwhelmingly Large Telescope</a>
- <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arecibo_Observatory" class="extiw" title="en:Arecibo Observatory">en:Arecibo Observatory</a>
- <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tennis_court" class="extiw" title="en:Tennis court">en:Tennis court</a>
- <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basketball_court" class="extiw" title="en:Basketball court">en:Basketball court</a>
- <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_height" class="extiw" title="en:Human height">en:Human height</a>
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current | 23:03, 3 January 2017 | ![]() | 512 × 512 (24 KB) | 127.0.0.1 (talk) | Comparison of nominal sizes of primary mirrors of notable optical telescopes. Dotted lines show mirrors with equivalent light-gathering ability. Thanks to user at 71.41.210.146 for data on holes in mirrors. <ul> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yerkes_Observatory" class="extiw" title="en:Yerkes Observatory">en:Yerkes Observatory</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Paris_Exhibition_Telescope_of_1900" class="extiw" title="en:Great Paris Exhibition Telescope of 1900">en:Great Paris Exhibition Telescope of 1900</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hooker_Telescope" class="extiw" title="en:Hooker Telescope">en:Hooker Telescope</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hale_telescope" class="extiw" title="en:Hale telescope">en:Hale telescope</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BTA-6" class="extiw" title="en:BTA-6">en:BTA-6</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiple_Mirror_Telescope" class="extiw" title="en:Multiple Mirror Telescope">en:Multiple Mirror Telescope</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Large_Zenith_Telescope" class="extiw" title="en:Large Zenith Telescope">en:Large Zenith Telescope</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaia_(spacecraft)" class="extiw" title="en:Gaia (spacecraft)">en:Gaia (spacecraft)</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kepler_(spacecraft)" class="extiw" title="en:Kepler (spacecraft)">en:Kepler (spacecraft)</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Webb_Space_Telescope" class="extiw" title="en:James Webb Space Telescope">en:James Webb Space Telescope</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hubble_Space_Telescope" class="extiw" title="en:Hubble Space Telescope">en:Hubble Space Telescope</a></li> <li> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LAMOST" class="extiw" title="en:LAMOST">en:LAMOST</a> (Large Sky Area Multi-Object Fiber Spectroscopic Telescope)</li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gran_Telescopio_Canarias" class="extiw" title="en:Gran Telescopio Canarias">en:Gran Telescopio Canarias</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hobby%E2%80%93Eberly_Telescope" class="extiw" title="en:Hobby–Eberly Telescope">en:Hobby–Eberly Telescope</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_African_Large_Telescope" class="extiw" title="en:Southern African Large Telescope">en:Southern African Large Telescope</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Large_Binocular_Telescope" class="extiw" title="en:Large Binocular Telescope">en:Large Binocular Telescope</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Very_Large_Telescope" class="extiw" title="en:Very Large Telescope">en:Very Large Telescope</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magellan_Telescopes" class="extiw" title="en:Magellan Telescopes">en:Magellan Telescopes</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keck_Telescopes" class="extiw" title="en:Keck Telescopes">en:Keck Telescopes</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subaru_Telescope" class="extiw" title="en:Subaru Telescope">en:Subaru Telescope</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gemini_Observatory" class="extiw" title="en:Gemini Observatory">en:Gemini Observatory</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Large_Synoptic_Survey_Telescope" class="extiw" title="en:Large Synoptic Survey Telescope">en:Large Synoptic Survey Telescope</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giant_Magellan_Telescope" class="extiw" title="en:Giant Magellan Telescope">en:Giant Magellan Telescope</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thirty_Meter_Telescope" class="extiw" title="en:Thirty Meter Telescope">en:Thirty Meter Telescope</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Extremely_Large_Telescope" class="extiw" title="en:European Extremely Large Telescope">en:European Extremely Large Telescope</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overwhelmingly_Large_Telescope" class="extiw" title="en:Overwhelmingly Large Telescope">en:Overwhelmingly Large Telescope</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arecibo_Observatory" class="extiw" title="en:Arecibo Observatory">en:Arecibo Observatory</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tennis_court" class="extiw" title="en:Tennis court">en:Tennis court</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basketball_court" class="extiw" title="en:Basketball court">en:Basketball court</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_height" class="extiw" title="en:Human height">en:Human height</a></li> </ul> |
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- BTA-6
- European Extremely Large Telescope
- Extremely large telescope
- Gaia (spacecraft)
- Gemini Observatory
- Giant Magellan Telescope
- Gran Telescopio Canarias
- Great Paris Exhibition Telescope of 1900
- Hale Telescope
- Hobby–Eberly Telescope
- Kepler (spacecraft)
- LAMOST
- Large Binocular Telescope
- Large Synoptic Survey Telescope
- Large Zenith Telescope
- List of largest optical reflecting telescopes
- MMT Observatory
- Magellan Telescopes
- Optical telescope
- Overwhelmingly Large Telescope
- Segmented mirror
- Southern African Large Telescope
- Subaru Telescope
- Thirty Meter Telescope
- Very Large Telescope
- W. M. Keck Observatory
- Yerkes Observatory