World’s 5 Largest Telescopes

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5. Large Binocular Telescope (LBT)


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Location - Mt. Graham, Arizona, US
have a 9.2m aperture and a pair of 8.4 meter mirrors


4. Hobby-Eberly


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Location - Mt. Fowlkes, Texas, US
aperture - 9.2 meters
Discovered the 123rd planet beyond the solar system on its list of accomplishments.


3. SALT


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Location - South Africa
Aperture - 10 meters
SALT can record stars, galaxies and quasars 1 billion times too faint for the human eye.


2. Keck Interferometer

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Location - Mauna Kea, Hawaii
Aperture - 10 meters
composed of twin telescopes — Keck and Keck II


1. Gran Telescopo Canarias (GTC)


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Located in the Canary Islands, Spain
Aperture - 10.4 meters

 
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