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14 de may. de 2009 · Herschel, at the time of launch, was the largest infrared telescope ever sent into space. It had a mirror spanning 11 feet, 6 inches (3.5 meters). It was designed to study the origin and evolution of stars and galaxies, the chemical composition of atmospheres and surfaces of solar system bodies, and molecular chemistry across the universe, to help understand the evolution of the universe.
William Herschel 's 40-foot telescope, also known as the Great Forty-Foot telescope, was a reflecting telescope constructed between 1785 and 1789 at Observatory House in Slough, England. It used a 48-inch (120 cm) diameter primary mirror with a 40-foot-long (12 m) focal length (hence its name "Forty-Foot" ). It was the largest telescope in the ...
1 de ago. de 2022 · The William Herschel Telescope (WHT) in La Palma, Spain will be able to survey 1,000 stars per hour until it has catalogued a total of five million. A super-fast mapping device linked up to WHT ...
Il telescopio William Herschel (in inglese William Herschel Telescope, WHT) è un telescopio riflettore di 4,2 metri di diametro che si trova presso l' osservatorio del Roque de los Muchachos, sull'isola di La Palma alle Canarie .
Le télescope William Herschel ou WHT ( William Herschel Telescope) fut imaginé à la fin des années 1960, lorsque l' observatoire anglo-australien était en cours de conception. La communauté astronomique britannique ressentit le besoin en télescopes d'une taille comparable dans l' hémisphère nord. Les études commencèrent en 1974, mais ...
Sir William Herschel was a prominent astronomer of the late 18th and early 19th century. His discovery of Uranus in 1781 brought the number of known planets in our solar system to seven. Totaling over 400 in his lifetime, Herschel's telescopes became his ultimate passion, and most were designed at his home. He was known to have spent 16 hours a ...
1 de ene. de 1985 · The William Herschel Telescope building with its onion-shaped dome, now nearing completion on the Observatorio del Roque de los Muchachos in La Palma. Plate 6. A perspective view of the cylindrical pier which will support the William Herschel Telescope within its building, showing the steel Cassegrain platform and its vertical supporting girders.
