large telescope

collocation in English

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large
adjective
uk
/lɑːdʒ/us
/lɑːrdʒ/
big in size ...
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telescope
noun[C]
uk
/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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(Definition oflargeandtelescopefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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He used a 220 mm aperture refractor, alargetelescopeat that time.
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Effectively, a verylargetelescopeis created by synthesizing the input of many smaller ones.
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Good eyesight and alargetelescopeare required to observe these rilles.
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Thatlargetelescopecould look at only a small area of the sky with each observation.
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This crater is sufficiently small that it requires alargetelescopeto resolve.
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The feature is bright enough to be visible to the naked eye, and is dazzling in alargetelescope.
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The term is applied to the fabrication oflargetelescopemirrors, where the natural paraboloid curve followed by the molten glass greatly reduces the amount of grinding required.
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The term is also applied to the fabrication oflargetelescopemirrors, where the natural curve followed by the molten glass greatly reduces the amount of grinding required.
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The two stars are separated, as of 2008, by 1 arcsecond, requiring alargetelescopeto resolve them, but this separation will increase until the year 2020.
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There is a celestial outlook which has been virtually uncharted by modern large telescopes.
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Liquid mirrors can be a low cost alternative to conventional large telescopes.
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Transits of asteroids and comets can normally only be observed by very large telescopes.
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Large telescopes can cause the moon and planets to become too bright and lose contrast.
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