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Optical telescope

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Noun
  1. 1
    An instrument, used both for recreational and scientific purposes, which provides a magnified view of distant objects by collecting and focusing light by means of mirrors and/or optical lenses.

    ""How did the universe begin?" . . . . [W]ithin a few years the new giant radio telescopes, which enable man to probe far deeper into interstellar space than the biggest optical telescope, will provide some sort of an answer."

  2. 2
    an astronomical telescope designed to collect and record light from cosmic sources wordnet

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