ground-based telescope

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telescope
noun[C]
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/ˈtel.ɪ.skəʊp/us
/ˈtel.ə.skoʊp/
a cylinder-shaped device for making objects that are far away look closer and larger, using a combination of lenses, or lenses and ...
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This method of search may be used either with space-based or with ground-based telescopes.
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The practical upshot of these calculations is that it would make sense to search for life on the surface of objects in the outer solar system with ground-based telescopes.
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One of the methods, called doppler spectroscopy, requires follow-up observations from ground-based telescopes.
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Ground-based telescopes were the first to be used to observe outer space in infrared.
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Previous sky surveys with ground-based telescopes have mainly picked out giant exoplanets.
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Ground-based telescopes later identified a fading optical counterpart as well.
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Ground-based telescopes can not compensate for airglow on ultrafaint objects, and so very faint objects require unwieldy and inefficient exposure times.
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Resolution limits can also be overcome by adaptive optics, speckle imaging or lucky imaging for ground-based telescopes.
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At an altitude of 5190 metres (17,030 feet), it is one of the highest permanent, ground-based telescopes in the world.
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Observation of the enormous jet was possible due to the combined efforts of both space and ground-based telescopes.
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Ground-based telescopes will also assist the mission.
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The planet had been observed through ground-based telescopes, and scientists felt that they were able to draw a great many inferences from such observations.
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In it, he discussed the two main advantages that a space-based observatory would have over ground-based telescopes.
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The largest current ground-based telescopes have a primary mirror of between 6 and 11 meters in diameter.
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In recent years, a number of technologies to overcome the distortions caused by atmosphere on ground-based telescopes have been developed, with good results.
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In the early 1980s, he began to work on projects aimed at improving the image quality at ground-based telescopes.
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Ground-based telescopes later found three objects along the course of the satellite, leading to the speculation that it had disintegrated.
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