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111James Lick telescope — Infobox Telescope bgcolour = name = James Lick Telescope caption = The James Lick Telescope, shown here in an 1889 drawing. organization = University of California location = Lick Observatory, San Jose, California, USA wavelength = optical built …
112James Dunlop — (31 October 1793 – 22 September 1848) was an astronomer assistant hired by Sir Thomas Brisbane at his private observatory located in Parramatta, New South Wales, about 23 kilometres west of Sydney, Australia during the 1820 s and 30 s. Dunlop was …
113Alvan Clark & Sons — was an American maker of optics that became famous for crafting lenses for some of the largest refracting telescopes of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Founded in 1846 in Cambridgeport, Massachusetts by Alvan Clark (1804 ndash;1887 …
114Achromatic telescope — The achromatic telescope is a refracting telescope that uses an achromatic lens to correct for chromatic aberration. How it worksWhen an image passes through a lens, the light is diffracted at different angles for different wavelengths. This… …
115Timeline of telescope technology — Timeline of telescope technology* c.2560 BC c.860 BC Egyptian artisans polish rock crystal, semi precious stones, and latterly glass to produce facsimile eyes for statuary and mummy cases. The intent appears to be to produce an optical illusion.… …
116Airdrie Public Library — is a public library in Airdrie, North Lanarkshire, Scotland. The library has been housed in a number of buildings since its founding. History of the two Carnegie library buildings and the observatoryThe history of the library dates back to the… …
117Astronomische Vereinigung Kärntens — The Carinthian Astronomical Association (CAA German: Astronomische Vereinigung Kärntens , AVK ) Is the second great astronomical association in Austria. The CAA owns two observatories and one planetarium. One observatory is located near… …
118Mannheim Observatory — Tower of the Old Observatory, Mannheim, 2006 The Mannheim Observatory was a tower observatory built between 1772 and 1774 in Mannheim, Germany, which remained in operation until 1880. The observatory was transferred to Karlsruhe and finally in… …
119Péter Glaser — (* 1968 in Budapest) ist ein ungarischer Jazzbassist. Glaser studierte klassische Musik und Jazz an der Franz Liszt Musikakademie in Budapest. Er arbeitete dann mit verschiedenen Bands, darunter der Gruppe des Gitarristen Gábor Gadó, dem Jazzrock …
120Télescope — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Télescope (homonymie). Un télescope, (du grec τηλε (tele) signifiant « loin » et σκοπεῖν (skopein) signifiant « regarder, voir »), est un instrument d optique permettant d augmenter la… …
