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022 _a1522-3264;
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100 _aHirshfeld, Alan W.,
245 4 _aThe Universe in the Mirror.
_cAlan W. Hirshfeld.
260 _bSky & Telescope,
_c2005.
440 _aSIRS Enduring Issues 2006.
_nArticle 43,
_pScience,
_x1522-3264;
500 _aArticles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2006.
500 _aOriginally Published: The Universe in the Mirror, Feb. 2005; pp. 44-51.
520 _a"A mirror-based telescope...reflects light to a focus; the light itself never enters the mirror. Thus the mirror can be supported firmly from the back. With the proper manufacturing equipment, it seemed that the only limit to the size of a reflector lay in the imagination and pocketbook of the maker." (SKY & TELESCOPE) This article examines the evolution of the reflector telescope.
599 _aRecords created from non-MARC resource.
650 _aAstronomy
_xObservations
650 _aGreat Melbourne Telescope (Australia)
600 _aHale, George Ellery
_d(1868-1938)
600 _aHerschel, William
_d(1738-1822)
650 _aInventors
650 _aReflecting telescopes
650 _aSilver
650 _aTechnological innovations
650 _aTelescopes
_xHistory
650 _aTelescopes
_xMirrors
710 _aProQuest Information and Learning Company
_tSIRS Enduring Issues 2006,
_pScience.
_x1522-3264;
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