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3. There's a four meter solar telescope going up on Hawaii..

Wed Feb 18, 2015, 07:00 PM

Feb 2015

It's a Gregorian off-axis all reflecting scope with adaptive optics..

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_K._Inouye_Solar_Telescope

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New planet-hunting tool chases after star system's little brown dwarf [View all] Judi Lynn Feb 2015 OP

Pedantic quibble, the VLT objectives are mirrors rather than lenses Fumesucker Feb 2015 #1

There's a four meter solar telescope going up on Hawaii.. Fumesucker Feb 2015 #3

Wow! Four meters for a SOLAR telescope? longship Feb 2015 #4

Yeah, that was my thought too... Fumesucker Feb 2015 #6

I'm more into taking pictures these days Fumesucker Feb 2015 #9

The US will launch the James Webb Space Telescope around 2018 cpwm17 Feb 2015 #5

My fingers are crossed on that mission. longship Feb 2015 #8

Thank you for the information, longship. n/t Judi Lynn Feb 2015 #10