Difference between revisions of "Optical Telescope"

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An Optical Telescope is an image enhancement device.

An optical telescope is a sensor used to observe visible wavelengths of light on the EM spectrum.

It uses lenses to focus light.
It magnifies images, allowing distant objects to be seen in greater clarity and detail.
Depending on the tech level, the image may be observed with the naked eye via the eyepiece, viewed on a camera image, or displayed on a computer.

Optical Telescopes rely on accurate metrics to quantify the results and data that they gather.

An optical telescope manufactured at TL–7.

Telescopes are delicate instruments and are easily damaged.

Sophisticated electronic optical telescopes are a standard component of shipboard sensor suites.

Telescopes may be very small, able to be collapsed into a short cylinder for ease of storage and transportation.

Some telescopes are very large – particularly those used in astronomical research – and are housed in purpose-built structures.

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Periodical: The Travellers' Digest 10
Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master Scout Emeritus Adie Alegoric Stewart of the IISS
Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science

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 == History & Background ([[Dossier]]) ==
 Telescopes are delicate instruments and are easily damaged.
+* Sophisticated [[electronics|electronic]] optical telescopes are a standard component of [[Ship Sensor Suite|shipboard sensor suites]].
-Telescopes may be very small, able to be collapsed into a short cylinder for ease of storage and transportation. Some are very large – particularly those used in [[Astronomy|astronomical research]] – and are housed in purpose-built structures.
+Telescopes may be very small, able to be collapsed into a short cylinder for ease of storage and transportation.
-* Sophisticated [[electronics|electronic]] optical telescopes are a standard component of [[Ship Sensor Suite|shipboard sensor suites]].
+Some telescopes are very large – particularly those used in [[Astronomy|astronomical research]] – and are housed in purpose-built structures. <br> [[File:Large Telescope Building Basic.png|250 px]]
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