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Telescope History Timeline 7 of 9 - Timeline Help

Telescope history timeline 7 of 9 from 1899 to 1959 at Timeline Help.

  

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The Royal Greenwich Observatory Greenwich in the U. K. builds a second large optical refractor.
The Yerkes Observatory Williams Bay in Wisconsin, U.S. builds a large refracting telescope.

A large refractor is built by the Astrophysical Observatory Potsdam in Germany.

The Solar Observatory at Mount Wilson in California is founded.

Percival Lowell discovers the asteroid 793 Arizona orbiting the Sun.

The Hale reflector telescope at Mount Wilson in California is established.

The Berlin Observatory Potsdam, Germany constructs a large optical refractor.

A large refractor is built by the Allegheny Observatory Pittsburgh in Pennsylvania, U.S.

The 100 inch Hooker Mount Wilson is completed in California.

American astronomer George Willis Ritchey and French astronomer Henri Chrétien make the large Cassegrain Ritchey-Chrétien telescope.

American radio engineer Grote Reber constructs the first radio telescope.

Soviet Russian optician Dmitri Dmitrievich Maksutov invents his Maksutov telescope.

English astronomer Martin Ryle builds the first multi-element astronomical radio interferometer for observing galaxies in the universe at radio wavelengths.

The Palomar Observatory builds the huge 200-inch Hale reflector telescopeat Mount Palomar in California.

The Yale-Columbia Refractor in Johannesburg, South Africa is shipped to Australia and installed at the Mount Stromlo Observatory near Canberra.

The Pulkovo Observatory in Saint-Petersburg, Russia builds a second large optical refractor.

The 257 feet radio telescope Jodrell Bank is finished in Cheshire in the U.K.

The University of California builds its Lick Observatory at Mount Hamilton near San Jose, California.
The Vanguard II satellite is launched with optical telescopes to measure reflection of light.

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Bibliography of Telescope History Timeline 7

Scagell, R (2005). Philip's Stargazing with a Telescope. Thompson, R and B (2005). Astronomy Hacks.
Kemp, M (2006). Art, science, and intuition from Leonardo to the Hubble.



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