List of large optical telescopes
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List of large optical reflecting telescopes. For telescopes larger than 3 meters in aperture see List of largest optical reflecting telescopes. This list combines large or expensive reflecting telescopes from any era, as what constitutes famous reflector has changed over time. In 1900 a 1-meter reflector would be among the largest in the world, but by 2000, would be relatively common for professional observatories.
Contents
Large reflectors and catadiotropic
See List of largest optical reflecting telescopes for continuation of list to larger scopes
Name | Image | Aperture | Mirror type |
Nationality / Sponsors | Site | Built |
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Harlan J. Smith Telescope | 50px | Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1851: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). | Single | USA | McDonald Observatory, Texas, USA | 1969 |
UBC-Laval LMT | Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1851: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). | Liquid | Canada | Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada | 1992– | |
Shajn 2.6m "Crimean 102 in."[1] |
Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1851: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). | Single | Crimean Astrophysical Obs., Ukraine | 1961 | ||
VLT Survey Telescope (VST)[2] | 50px | Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1851: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). | Single | Italy + ESO countries | Paranal Observatory, Antofagasta Region, Chile | 2007 |
BAO 2.6 | Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1851: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). | Single | Byurakan Astrophysical Obs., Mt. Aragatz, Armenia | 1976 | ||
Nordic Optical Telescope (NOT) | 50px | Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1851: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). | Single | Denmark, Sweden, Iceland, Norway, Finland | ORM, Canary Islands, Spain | 1988 |
Isaac Newton Telescope (INT) | 50px | Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1851: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). | Single | UK | ORM, Canary Islands, Spain (RGO, England, UK until '79) | 1984 |
Irenee du Pont Telescope | 50px | Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1851: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). | Single | USA | Las Campanas Observatory, Coquimbo Region, Chile | 1976 |
Hooker 100-Inch Telescope | Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1851: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). | Single | USA | Mt. Wilson Observatory, California, USA | 1917 | |
SOFIA | Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1851: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). | Single | USA + Germany | Boeing 747SP (mobile, USA) | 2007 | |
Sloan DSS | Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1851: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). | Single | USA | Apache Point Observatory, New Mexico, USA | 1997 | |
Hiltner Telescope | 50px | Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1851: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). | Single | USA | MDM Observatory (Kitt Peak), Arizona, USA | 1986 |
Thai National Telescope (TNT) | Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1851: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). | Single | Thailand + SEAAN | Thai National Observatory, Doi Inthanon, Thailand | 2013 | |
Lijiang[3] | Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1851: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). | Single | China | Yunnan Astronomical Observatory, China | 2008 | |
Hubble (HST) | Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1851: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). | Single | NASA+ESA | Low Earth orbit | 1990 | |
2.4-meter SINGLE Telescope | Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1851: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). | Single | USA | Magdalena Ridge Observatory, New Mexico, USA | 2006/2008 | |
Automated Planet Finder | Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1851: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). | Single | USA | Lick Observatory, California, USA | 2010 | |
Vainu Bappu[4][5] | Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1851: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). | Single | India | Vainu Bappu Observatory, India | 1986 | |
Aristarchos | Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1851: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). | Single | ESO Countries+ Greece | National Observatory of Athens, Mt. Helmos, Greece | 2004 | |
WIRO 2.3[6] | Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1851: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). | Single IR | USA | Wyoming Infrared Observatory, Wyoming, USA | 1977 | |
ANU 2.3m ATT[7] | Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1851: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). | Single | Siding Spring Observatory, New South Wales, Australia | 1984 | ||
Bok Telescope (90-inch) | 50px | Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1851: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). | Single | USA | Kitt Peak National Observatory, Arizona, USA | 1969 |
University of Hawaii 2.2 m (UH88) | 50px | Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1851: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). | Single | USA | Mauna Kea Observatories, Hawaii, USA | 1970 |
MPIA-ESO (ESO-MPI) | Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1851: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). | Single | West Germany | La Silla Observatory, Coquimbo Region, Chile | 1984[8] | |
MPIA-CAHA 2.2m[8][9] | Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1851: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). | Single | West Germany | Calar Alto Observatory, Almería, Spain | 1979 | |
Xinglong 2.16m[10] | Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1851: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). | Single | PRC (China) | Xinglong, China | 1989 | |
Jorge Sahade 2.15m[11] | 50px | Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1851: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). | Single | Leoncito Astronomical Complex, San Juan Province, Argentina | 1987 | |
INAOE 2.12 (OAGH)[12] | Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1851: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). | Single | Mexico + USA | Guillermo Haro Observatory, Sonora, Mexico | 1987 | |
UNAM 2.12 | Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1851: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). | Single | National Astronomical Observatory, Baja California, Mexico | 1979 | ||
Kitt Peak 2.1-meter | Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1851: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). | Single | USA | Kitt Peak National Observatory, Arizona, USA | 1964 | |
Otto Struve Telescope | Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1851: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). | Single | USA | McDonald Observatory, Texas, USA | 1939 | |
T13 Automated Spectroscopic Telescope[13] | Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1851: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). | Single | USA (NASA, NSF, & TSU) | Fairborn Observatory, Arizona, USA | 2003 | |
Himalayan Chandra Telescope (HCT)[14] | 50px | Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1851: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). | Single | Indian Astronomical Observatory, India | 2000 | |
Alfred Jensch Teleskop | 50px | Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1851: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). | Single | Karl Schwarzschild Observatory, Germany | 1960 | |
Carl Zeiss Jena | Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1851: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). | Single | Shamakhi Astrophysical Obs., Azerbaijan | 1966 | ||
Ondřejov 2-m[15] | 50px | Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1851: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). | Single | USSR + Czechoslovakia | Ondřejov Observatory, Czech | 1967 |
Ritchey-Chretien-Coude (RCC)[16] | 50px | Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1851: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). | Single | Bulgaria | Rozhen Observatory, Bulgaria | 1984 |
Carl Zeiss Jena | Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1851: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). | Single | Ukraine, Russia | ru, Russia | 1995 | |
Bernard Lyot Telescope | 50px | Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1851: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). | Single | France | Pic du Midi Obs., France | 1980 |
Liverpool Telescope[17] | Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1851: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). | Single | UK | ORM, Canary Islands, Spain | 2003 | |
Faulkes Telescope North | 30px | Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1851: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). | Single | UK | Haleakala Observatory, Hawaii, USA | 2003[18] |
Faulkes Telescope South | Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1851: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). | Single | UK | Siding Spring Observatory, New South Wales, Australia | 2001 | |
MAGNUM[19] | Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1851: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). | Single IR | Japan | Haleakala Observatory, Hawaii, USA | 2001–2008 |
Selected telescopes below about 2 meters aperture
A non-comprehensive non-exclusionary list of telescopes one yard to less than 2 metres in aperture.
Name | Aperture m |
Aper. in |
Mirror type | Nationality of Sponsors |
Site | Built |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
OHP 1.93 | 1.93 m | 76″ | Single | France | Haute-Provence Observatory, France | 1958 |
74 inch (1.9 m) Radcliffe Telescope[20] | 1.88 m | 74″ | Single | South African Astronomical Observatory Sutherland (1974 – present) Radcliffe Observatory, Pretoria, South Africa (1948– 1974)[21] |
1950 | |
1.88 m telescope[22] | 1.88 m | 74″ | Single | Japan | Okayama Astrophysical Observatory, Japan | 1960 |
DDO 1.88 m | 1.88 m | 74″ | Single | Canada | David Dunlap Observatory, Ontario, Canada | 1935 |
74" reflector[23] | 1.88 m | 74″ | Single | Australia | Mount Stromlo Observatory, Australian Capital Territory, Australia | 1955–2003 |
Kottamia telescope 1.88 m[24][25] | 1.88 m | 74″ | Single | Egypt | Egypt | 1960 |
SETI Optical Telescope | 1.83 m | 72″ | Single | USA | Oak Ridge Observatory, Massachusetts, USA | 2006[26] |
Vatican Advanced Technology Telescope (VATT) | 1.83 m | 72″ | Single | Vatican City | Mount Graham International Observatory, Arizona, USA | 1993[27] |
72-Inch Perkins Telescope | 1.83 m | 72″ | Single | USA | Lowell Observatory, Arizona, USA | 1964 |
Plaskett telescope[28] | 1.83 m | 72″ | Single | Canada | Dominion Astrophysical Observatory, British Columbia, Canada | 1918 |
Leviathan of Parsonstown | 1.83 m | 72″ | Metal | Great Britain | Birr Castle; Ireland Historical recreation |
1845 |
Copernico 1.82 m[29] | 1.82 m | 72″ | Single | Italy | Asiago Observatory, Italy | 1976 |
1.8 meter telescope[30] | 1.8 m | 71″ | Single | China | Gaomeigu site of Yunnan Astronomical Observatory, China | 2009 |
Pan-STARRS PS1[31][32] | 1.8 m | 71″ | Single | Germany, Taiwan, US, UK | Haleakala Observatory, Hawaii, USA | 2007 |
VLT Auxiliary Telescopes (1.8 x 4) | 1.8 m | 71″ | Single | Europe | Paranal Observatory, Antofagasta Region, Chile | 2006 |
Spacewatch 1.8-meter Telescope[33] | 1.8 m | 71″ | Single | USA | Kitt Peak National Observatory, Arizona, USA | 2001 |
1.8m Ritchey Cretien reflector[34] | 1.8 m | 72″ | Single | Korea | Bohyunsan Optical Astronomy Observatory, Korea | 1996 |
Sandy Cross Telescope[35] | 1.8 m | 71″ | Single | Canada | Rothney Astrophysical Observatory, Alberta, Canada | 1996 |
Largest amateur telescope in 2013[36] | 1.778 m | 70″ | Single | USA | Utah, USA (mobile) | 2013 |
69-inch Perkins Telescope[37] | 1.75 m | 69″ | Single | USA | Perkins Observatory, Ohio, USA | 1931–1964 |
1.65 m telescope | 1.65 m | 65″ | Single | Moletai Astronomical Obs., Lithuania | 1991 | |
McMath-Pierce Solar Telescope | 1.61 m | 63″ | Single | USA | Kitt Peak National Observatory, Arizona, USA | 1962 |
BBO NST | 1.6 m | 63″ | Solar | USA | Big Bear Solar Observatory, California, USA | 2009 |
AZT-33[38] | 1.6 m | 63″ | Single | ru, Siberia, Russia | 1981 | |
1.6 m Perkin Elmer[39] | 1.6 m | 63″ | Single | Brazil | Pico dos Dias Observatory, Minas Gerais, Brazil | 1981 |
Observatoire du Mont-Mégantic | 1.6 m | 63″ | Single IR | Canada | Mont Mégantic Observatory, Québec, Canada | 1978 |
1.56m optical telescope | 1.56 m | 62″ | Single | China | Shanghai Astronomical Observatory, China | 1988 |
Kaj Strand Telescope[40] | 1.55 m | 61″ | Single | USA | USNO Flagstaff Station, Arizona, USA | 1964 |
61" Kuiper Telescope | 1.55 m | 61″ | Single | USA | Steward Observatory, Arizona, USA | 1965[41] |
Oak Ridge Observatory 61" reflector[42] | 1.55 m | 61″ | Single | USA | Oak Ridge Observatory, Massachusetts, USA | 1933 |
Estación Astrofísica de Bosque Alegre[43] | 1.54 m | 60.6″ | Single | Argentina | Estación Astrofísica de Bosque Alegre, Argentina | 1942 |
Toppo Telescope No.1 (TT1)[44] | 1.537 m | 60.5″ | Single (R/C) | Italy | Astronomical Observatory of Castelgrande, Italy | 2008 |
Harvard 60-inch Reflector[45] | 1.524 m | 60″ | Single | USA | Harvard College Observatory, Massachusetts, USA | 1905–1931 |
Hale 60-Inch Telescope | 1.524 m | 60″ | Single | USA | Mt. Wilson Observatory, California, USA | 1908 |
Dunn Solar Telescope ex-VTT | 1.524 m | 60″ | Single | USA | National Solar Observatory, New Mexico, USA | 1969 |
FLWO 1.5m Tillinghast[46] | 1.52 m | 60″ | Single | USA | F. L. Whipple Observatory, Arizona | 1994 |
Telescopio Carlos Sánchez (TCS) | 1.52 m | 60″ | Single | UK + Spain | Teide Observatory, Canary Islands, Spain | 1971 |
OHP 1.52 | 1.52 m | 60″ | Single | France | Haute-Provence Obs., France | 1967 |
Mt. Lemmon 60" Dahl-Kirkham Telescope[47] | 1.52 m | 60″ | Single IR | USA | Steward Obs. (Mt. Lemmon), Arizona, USA | 1970 |
Steward Observatory 60" Cassegrain Telescope[48] | 1.52 m | 60″ | Single | USA | Steward Obs. (Mt. Lemmon), Arizona, USA | 1960s |
OAN 1.52 m[49] | 1.52 m | 60″ | Single | Spain | Calar Alto Observatory, Almería, Spain | 1970s |
1.52 m G.D. Cassini[50] | 1.52 m | 60″ | Single | Italy | Mount Orzale, Italy | 1976 |
TIRGO Gornergrat Infrared Telescope[51] | 1.50 m | 59″ | Single IR | Italy + Switzerland | Hochalpine Forschungsstation Jungfraujoch und Gornergrat, Alps, Switzerland | 1979–2005 |
AZT-22[52] | 1.5 m | 59″ | Single | Mount Maidanak, Uzbekistan | 1972 | |
RTT150 (ex-AZT-22)[53][54] | 1.5 m | 59″ | Single | Russia + Turkey | TUBITAK National Obs., Turkey | |
AZT-20[55] | 1.5 m | 59″ | Single | Assy-Turgen Observatory, Kazakhstan[56] | ||
AZT-12[57] | 1.5 m | 59″ | Single | USSR | Tartu Observatory, Estonia | 1976 |
Hexapod-Telescope (HPT)[58] | 1.5 m | 59″ | Single | Germany | Cerro Armazones Observatory, Antofagasta Region, Chile | 2005 |
OSN 1.5m (Nasmyth) | 1.5 m | 59″ | Single | Spain | Sierra Nevada Observatory, Granada, Spain | |
Persona-1 (C.2441)[59] | 1.5 m | 59″ | Korsch | Russia | Earth Orbit (SSO, terrestrial viewing) | 2008 |
GREGOR solar/night telescope[60] | 1.5 m | 59″ | Single | Germany | Teide Observatory, Tenerife, Spain | 2012 |
SkyMapper | 1.35 | 53.15″ | Single | Australia | Siding Spring Observatory, New South Wales, Australia | 2008 |
USNOFS 1.3m[61] | 1.3 m | 51″ | Single | USA | USNO Flagstaff Station, Arizona, USA | 1998 |
McGraw-Hill Telescope[62][63] | 1.27 m | 50″ | Single | USA | MDM Observatory, Arizona, USA (1975 – present) Dexter, Michigan, USA (1969–1975) |
1969 |
1.26m infrared telescope | 1.26 m | 49.5" | Single | China | Xinglong Station, China | 1991 |
Herschel 40-foot(1.26 m d.)[64] | 1.26 m | 49.5″ | Metal | Great Britain + Ireland | Observatory House; England | 1789–1815 |
AZT-11[65] | 1.25 m | 49″ | Single | Abastumani Observatory, Rep. of Georgia | 1976 | |
AZT-11[66] | 1.25 m | 49″ | Single | Crimean Astrophysical Obs., Ukraine | 1981 | |
MPIA 1.2[67] | 1.23 m | 48.4″ | Single | West Germany+Spain | Calar Alto Obs., Alemíra, Spain | 1975 |
Schmidt–Cassegrain telescope | 1.22 m | 48″ | Schmidt | Turkey | ÇOMÜ Ulupınar Observatory, Çanakkale, Turkey | 2002 |
Babelsberg Zeiss[68] | 1.22 m | 48″ | Single | Germany | Babelsberg Observatory, Berlin, Germany | 1924–1947 |
Galileo 1.22 m[69] | 1.22 m | 48″ | Single | Italy | Asiago Observatory, Italy | 1942 |
Samuel Oschin telescope | 1.22 m | 48″ | Schmidt | USA | Palomar Observatory, California, USA | 1948 |
Great Melbourne Telescope[70] | 1.22 m | 48″ | Metal | Great Britain | Melbourne Observatory, Victoria, Australia | 1878–1889 |
William Lassell 48-inch[71] | 1.22 m | 48″ | Metal | Great Britain | Malta | 1861–1865 |
Barabarella (OMI 48 inch)[72][73] | 1.22 m | 48″ | Single | USA | Lowrey Observatory, Texas, USA | 2008 |
Oskar-Lühning Telescope[74] | 1.2 m | 47″ | Single | Germany | Hamburg Observatory, Germany | 1975 |
Leonhard Euler Telescope[75] | 1.2 m | 47″ | Single | Switzerland | La Silla Observatory, Coquimbo Region, Chile | 1998 |
Mercator Telescope | 1.2 m | 47″ | Single | Belgium+Switzerland | ORM, Canary Islands, Spain | 2001[76] |
Hamburg Robotic Telescope (HRT)[77] | 1.2 m | 47″ | Single | Germany | Hamburg-Bergdorf Obs., Germany | 2002 |
UK Schmidt Telescope | 1.2 m | 47″ | Schmidt | UK | Siding Spring Observatory, New South Wales, Australia | 1973 |
GeoEye-1[78] | 1.1 m | 43.3″ | Single | USA | Earth Orbit (terrestrial viewing) | 2008 |
Hänssgen's reflector[79] | 1.07 m | 42″ | Single | Germany | Mobile (~Germany) | 2002 |
Nickel Telescope | 1.02 m | 40″ | Single | USA | Lick Observatory, California, USA | 1979 |
UTAS 40-inch | 1.02 m | 40" | R/C | Australia | Mount Canopus, Tasmania, Australia | 1973 |
George Ritchey 40-inch (1 m)[80] | 1.02 m | 40″ | R/C | USA | USNO Flagstaff Station, Arizona, USA (Washington, D.C. until 1955) | 1934 |
Yerkes "41-inch"[81] | 1.02 m | 40″ | Single | USA | Yerkes Observatory, Wisconsin, USA | 1968[82] |
ZIMLAT[83] | 1 m | 39.4″ | Single | Switzerland | Zimmerwald Obs., Switzerland | 1997 |
Lulin One-meter Telescope (LOT)[84] | 1.00 m | 39.4" | Single | Taiwan | Lulin Observatory, Taiwan | 2002 |
Wise one-meter telescope | 1.00 m | 39.4" | single | Israel | Wise Observatory, Israel | 1973 |
SAAO 1-meter Elizabeth Telescope | 1.00m | 40" | Single | South Africa | South African Astronomical Observatory Cape Town, South Africa (1962-c.1975) Sutherland, South Africa (c.1975–present) |
1962 |
Near-Earth Object Survey Telescope (NEOST)[85] | 1.00 m | 39.4" | Single | China | Purple Mountain Observatory, China | 2006 |
RT 1.00 m | 1.00 m | Tubitak National Observatory | ||||
OGS Telescope[86] | 1 m | 39.4″ | Single | European Space Agency countries | Teide Observatory, Canary Islands, Spain | 1995 |
Jacobus Kapteyn Telescope | 1 m | 39.4″ | Single | UK + Netherlands | Isaac Newton Group, Canary Islands, Spain | 1984 |
Lulin One-meter Telescope (LOT)[87] | 1 m | 39.4″ | Single | ROC (Taiwan) | Lulin Observatory, Taiwan | 2002 |
Zeiss di Merate (1m reflector) | 1 m | 39.4″ | Single | Kingdom of Italy | Merate Obs., Merate, Italy | 1926 |
Zeiss 1m reflector | 1 m | 39.4″ | Single | Belgium | Royal Obs., Uccle, Belgium | |
Hamburg Spiegelteleskop (1m reflector)[88][89] | 1 m | 39.4″ | Single | Deutsches Reich (Germany) | Hamburg-Bergdorf Obs., Germany | 1911 |
Kepler Mission telescope | 0.95 m | 37.4″ | Single | USA | Earth-trailing Orbit (Heliocentric) | 2009 |
James Gregory Telescope | 0.94 m | 37" | Single | Great Britain | University of St Andrews, Scotland, UK | 1962 |
Kuiper Airborne Obs.(KAO) | 0.914 m | 36″ | Single | USA | C-141 (mobile) | 1974–1995 |
Crossley Reflector[90] | 0.914 m | 36″ | Single | US+UK | Lick Observatory, California, USA | 1896 |
A.A. Common Reflector | 0.914 m | 36″ | Single | Great Britain | Great Britain | 1880–1896 |
Rosse 36-inch Telescope | 0.914 m | 36″ | Metal | Great Britain | Birr Castle; Ireland | 1826 |
SMARTS 0.9m Telescope | 0.914 m | 36″ | Single | USA, SMARTS | Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory, Coquimbo Region, Chile | 1965 |
Selected telescopes below about 1 meter/yard aperture
Name | Aperture m |
Aper. in |
Type | Nationality of Sponsors | Site | Built/Used |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Hopkins Ultraviolet Telescope | 0.90 m | 35.4″ | Single UV | USA | Earth Orbit | 1990, 1995 |
Pine Mountain Observatory 32"[91] | 0.82 m | 32" | Single | USA | Pine Mountain Observatory, Pine Mountain, Oregon. 6300 feet elevation. | 1970 |
Astron[92] | 0.80 m | 31.5″ | Single UV | CCCP + France | Earth orbit | 1983–1989[92] |
Ruisinger[93] | 0.762 m | 30″ | Single-Newtonian | USA – ASKC | Powell Observatory; Louisburg, Kansas | 1985 |
Obsession Telescopes #102[94] | 0.762 m | 30″ | Single | USA | Omaha, Nebraska (mobile) | 1993 |
AKARI (ASTRO-F)[95] | 0.685 m | 27″ | Single IR | Japan + Misc. | Earth Orbit | 2006-2011 |
William Lassell 24-inch[96] | 0.61 m | 24″ | Metal | Great Britain | Liverpool, England | 1845 |
Infrared Space Observatory | 0.60 m | 23.5″ | Single IR (2.4 to 240) | European Space Agency | Earth orbit (GEO) | 1995–1998 |
TRAPPIST[97] | 0.60 m | 23.5″ | Single | Belgium | La Silla Observatory, Coquimbo Region, Chile | 2010[98] |
IRAS[99] | 0.57 m | 22.44″ | Single IR | USA + UK + The Netherlands | Earth orbit | 1983 |
Antarctica Schmidt telescopes (AST3-1) [100] | 0.50 m | 19.7″ | Single | China | Antarctic Kunlun Station | 2012 |
Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter—HiRISE | 0.50 m | 19.7″ | R/C | USA | Mars orbit | 2005 |
TacSat-2[101] | 0.50 m | 19.7″ | R/C | USA | Earth orbit (terrestrial viewing) | 2006-2011 |
Ege University- A48 Reflecting Cassegrain telescope | 0.48 m | 18.9″ | Single | Turkey | Ege University Observatory, Izmir, Turkey | 1968 |
Herschel 20-foot (0.475 m d.)[102][103] | 0.475 m | 18.5″ | Metal | Great Britain | Observatory House; England | 1782 |
Dutch Open Telescope (DOT) | 0.45 m | 17.7″ | Solar | Denmark | ORM, Canary Islands | 1997 |
Explorer 57 (IUE) | 0.45 m | 17.7″ | UV | US+UK+ESA Countries | Earth orbit (GEO) | 1978–1996 |
University of Rochester Telescope Project[104] | 0.40 m | 16″ | R/C | USA | Rochester NY (mobile) | 2011 |
Armagh 15- inch Grubb Reflector[105] | 0.38 m | 15″ | Metal | Great Britain | Armagh Observatory, Northern Ireland | 1835[106] |
TacSat-3 | 0.35 m | 14″ | R/C | USA | Earth orbit (terrestrial viewing) | 2009-2012 |
Mars Global Surveyor—MOC[107] | 0.35 m | 13.8″ | R/C | USA | Mars Orbit | 1996–2006 |
XMM-Newton—UV camera | 0.30 m | 11.9″ | Single UV | ESA Countries | Earth orbit | 1998 |
SWIFT UVOT | 0.30 m | 11.9″ | Single UV | US+ UK+Italy | Earth orbit | 2004 |
Hipparcos | 0.29 m | 11.4″ | Schmidt | European Space Agency | Earth orbit (GTO) | 1989–1993 |
COROT | 0.27 m | 10.6″ | afocal | France + ESA | Earth orbit | 2007 |
Centre for Basic Space Science Optical Telescopes [108] | 0.25 m | 9.84″ | Single | Nigeria | NASRDA-CBSS Observatory, Nsukka | 2006 |
Astronomical Netherlands Satellite | 0.22 m | 8.7″ | Single UV | The Netherlands & USA | Earth Orbit | 1974–1976 |
New Horizons—LORRI | 0.208 m | 8.2″ | R/C | USA | Space (33+ AU from Earth) | 2006 |
Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter LROC-NAC[109] | 0.195 m | 7.68″ | Reflector | USA | Lunar orbit | 2009 |
Hadley's Reflector[110] | 0.15 m | 6″ | Metal | Great Britain | England (mobile) | 1721 |
Chinese Small Telescope Array (CSTAR) | 0.145 m | 6″ | Single | China | Antarctic Kunlun Station | 2008 |
University of Tokyo PRISM[111] | 0.10 m | 3.9″ | Single | Japan | Earth Orbit (terrestrial viewing) | 2009 |
Newton's Reflector[112][113] | 0.033 m | 1.3″ | Metal | Great Britain | England (mobile) | 1669 |
MESSENGER MDIS-WAC[114] | 0.03 m | 1.18″ | Lens | USA | Space (Mercury orbit) | 2004 |
MESSENGER MDIS-NAC[115] | 0.025 m | 0.98″ | R/C | USA | Space (Mercury orbit) | 2004 |
Dawn Framing Camera (FC1/FC2)[116] | 0.02 m | 0.8″ | Lens | Germany + USA | Space (Asteroid belt) | 2007 |
See also
- Category:Telescopes, for a more complete list of optical telescopes
- Optical telescope
- List of observatories, for a list not limited to optical observatories
- List of largest optical reflecting telescopes
- List of largest optical refracting telescopes
- List of largest optical telescopes historically
- List of largest optical telescopes in the 20th century
- List of largest optical telescopes in the 19th century
- List of largest optical telescopes in the 18th century
- List of space telescopes
- List of solar telescopes
- List of Solar System objects by size
- List of telescope types
References
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