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1 Reflectors of the World

2 The First Reflector First reflector designed by Isaac Newton in 1668

3 1908: Mt. Wilson 60-inch Telescope Los Angeles California

4 1917: Mt. Wilson 100-inch telescope

5 1948: Hale 200-inch (5 m) telescope

6 Square nebula found with Hale

7 Hubble Space Telescope, 1990

8 Hubble Space Telescope 2.4 m mirror Not the largest scope, even when it was built in 1990, but easily one of the most important due to its location… in space!

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12 Keck & Keck 2 Hawaii, 1993 10 m mirrors made by 36 hexagon segments in a honeycomb. Largest optical telescope in the world.

13 Keck & Keck 2 Hawaii, 1993 10 m mirrors in two combined scopes.

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17 Wavelengths of light

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19 Very Large Array (VLA) Radio Telescope, 1980

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21 Our Galaxy in Radio

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23 Chandra X-Ray Telescope, 1999

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