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100			_aSchomaker, William,
245		0	_aBig Glass. _cWilliam Schomaker.
260			_bAstronomy, _c2003.
440			_aSIRS Enduring Issues 2004. _nArticle 49, _pScience, _x1522-3264;
500			_aArticles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2004.
500			_aOriginally Published: Big Glass, May 2003; pp. 38-44.
520			_a"For 45 years, the 5-meter (200-inch) Hale Telescope was the mighty king of all ground-based optical telescopes....But late last century, a new generation of Glass Giants began to take root on high and dry mountain peaks. There they scour the sky like visual time machines, opening portals to distant worlds and forgotten eras." (ASTRONOMY) This article discusses new astronomical telescopes that are much larger than the Hale Telescope on Palomar Mountain and enable scientists to see much deeper into space.
599			_aRecords created from non-MARC resource.
650			_aAstronomy _xObservations
650			_aGemini North Telescope (Hawaii)
650			_aGemini South Telescope (Chile)
610			_aHobby-Eberly Telescope
610			_aKeck Observatory (Hawaii)
610			_aSubaru Telescope (Japan)
650			_aVery Large Telescope
710			_aProQuest Information and Learning Company _tSIRS Enduring Issues 2004, _pScience. _x1522-3264;
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