World's Largest Telescope


Homemade telescope Galileo was considered a telescope strangest of his time. The telescope is the largest in our time lies in the south Mount Palomar in California, used to observe the stars. A scientist studying the journey of the stars and the Milky Way that has never been seen by humans before. Most of the Milky Way is located very far at all. The new light is up to us in a billion years. Moon that we see at night is roughly 240,000 miles from earth. When viewed through a telescope in California, it is not as though only 100 miles away.

Hale telescope weight is approximately 500 tons, while the tube as wide as 20 feet and 50 feet in length. The dome is 130 feet off the ground. To move the telescope dome and re-direct it to heaven engine power required to move it. in addition, the camera is used as a tool for photographing the parts that can not be seen with the eye even with the help of a telescope.

Hale telescope uses a giant curved glass to accept and focus light coming from outer space. Indeed, it is the largest mirror ever made by humans. When the glass was dispatched from Corning, New York to be installed on Mount Palomar, then made the special trains and trucks specifically to take him to a place that is 3000 miles away it.

Source : Kitab Emas (Penemuan-penemuan dari Dulu Sampai Sekarang)
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