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A History of Optical Telescopes in AstronomyThe Hubble Space Telescope

A History of Optical Telescopes in Astronomy: The Hubble Space Telescope [There are two things about the Hubble Space Telescope that make it stand out and justify giving it a chapter to itself. The first is that when it was launched, it became the most scientifically productive single instrument ever made, with well over 15,000 scientific papers being produced in 20 years. The second is that this is as near as we can ever get to a time machine. By looking at the faint galaxies at immense distances, we are looking further back in time than we have ever been able to before, towards the beginning of the universe.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

A History of Optical Telescopes in AstronomyThe Hubble Space Telescope

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Springer International Publishing
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© Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2018
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978-3-319-99087-3
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109 –120
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10.1007/978-3-319-99088-0_8
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[There are two things about the Hubble Space Telescope that make it stand out and justify giving it a chapter to itself. The first is that when it was launched, it became the most scientifically productive single instrument ever made, with well over 15,000 scientific papers being produced in 20 years. The second is that this is as near as we can ever get to a time machine. By looking at the faint galaxies at immense distances, we are looking further back in time than we have ever been able to before, towards the beginning of the universe.]

Published: Oct 2, 2018

Keywords: Hubble Telescope; Corrective Optics Space Telescope Axial Replacement (COSTAR); Null Corrector; Relay Mirrors; Very Large Telescope (VLT)

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