Questions tagged [telescope]
For questions about the optical devices used to view distant objects by collecting and focusing light. Questions may choose to specify refracting telescopes, which use lenses to focus light, or reflecting telescopes, which use mirrors. Relevant tags include "space," "technology," "engineering," and "vision."
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Can I monitor animal movements from space?
The Earth-like planet I'm working on is the culmination of years of labor by the galaxy's best scientists. It consists of fully artificial ecosystems, and is, for all intents and purposes, like Earth. ...
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Plausibility of a cosmic flashbulb
Pendorain, admiral of the illustrious Tenth Fleet, had gathered its fleet near the Xzlicyan Pulsar to nurse its wounds. Battle against the hated Andecklin was not going well. The fleet was using the ...