The following timeline lists the significant events in the invention and development of the telescope. c.2560 BC–c.860 BC — Egyptian artisans polish rock...
400 Years of the Telescope documentary History of astronomy Astronomical interferometer TimelineoftelescopetechnologyTimelineoftelescopes, observatories...
initiated. 2000: NEXUS cancelled (JWST technology demo). September 2002: NGST named James Webb Space Telescope. 11 September 2003: $824.8 million prime...
Timelineof microscope technology c. 700 BC: The "Nimrud lens" of Assyrians manufacture, a rock crystal disk with a convex shape believed to be a burning...
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is a space telescope designed to conduct infrared astronomy. Its high-resolution and high-sensitivity instruments...
An infrared telescope is a telescope that uses infrared light to detect celestial bodies. Infrared light is one of several types of radiation present...
The Hubble Space Telescope (often referred to as HST or Hubble) is a space telescope that was launched into low Earth orbit in 1990 and remains in operation...
This is a timelineof the history of medicine and medical technology. 3300 BC – During the Stone Age, early doctors used very primitive forms of herbal medicine...
Telescopes with aperture diameter >8 metres This list of the largest optical reflecting telescopes with objective diameters of 3.0 metres (120 in) or greater...
Timelineof electromagnetism and classical optics lists, within the history of electromagnetism, the associated theories, technology, and events. 28th...
innovations in materials technology 28,000 BC – People wear beads, bracelets, and pendants 14,500 BC – First pottery, made by the Jōmon people of Japan. 6th millennium...
The Giant Magellan Telescope (Giant Magellan or GMT) is a 25.4-meter, ground-based, extremely large telescope under construction at Las Campanas Observatory...
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This is a timelineof space exploration which includes notable achievements, first accomplishments and milestones in humanity's exploration of outer space...
This timelineof Russian innovation encompasses key events in the history oftechnology in Russia. The entries in this timeline fall into the following...
List of large optical telescopes List of largest infrared telescopes List of largest optical telescopes historically List of largest optical telescopes in...
Christoph Scheiner Bernhard Schmidt James Short See also Timelineoftelescopetechnology and List of astronomical instrument makers Ernst Karl Abbe Denis...
NASA's series of Great Observatories satellites are four large, powerful space-based astronomical telescopes launched between 1990 and 2003. They were...
advanced telescopes. These include the 3.6 m New TechnologyTelescope, an early pioneer in the use of active optics, and the Very Large Telescope (VLT),...
Meter Telescope (TMT) is a planned extremely large telescope (ELT) that has become controversial due to its location on Mauna Kea, on the island of Hawaiʻi...
extremely large telescope. Part of the European Southern Observatory (ESO) agency, it is located on top of Cerro Armazones in the Atacama Desert of northern...
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) sunshield is a passive thermal control system deployed post-launch to shield the telescope and instrumentation from...
This is a timelineof the 21st century. January 15: Wikipedia is launched. January 20: President Joseph Estrada of the Philippines is ousted in the Second...
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