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Radiation astronomy/Telescopes
[[Image:Brorfelde Schmidt Telescope.jpg|thumb|right|200px|The Schmidt Telescope at the former Brorfelde Observatory is now used by amateur astronomers. Credit: [[commons:User:Moeng|Mogens Engelund]].]]
A '''radiation telescope''' is an instrument designed to collect and focus radiation so as to make distant sources appear nearer.
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[[Image:HaleTelescope-MountPalomar.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Mt.Palomar's 200-inch Telescope, pointing to the zenith, is seen from the east side. Note the person standing below the telescope (center-right at the bottom of the image). Credit: NASA.]]
'''Def.''' "[a] [[wikt:monocular|monocular]] [[wikt:optical|optical]] [[wikt:instrument|instrument]] possessing [[wikt:magnification|magnification]] for observing distant objects"
, per Wiktionary [[wikt:telescope|telescope]],<ref name=TelescopeWikt>{{ cite web
|title=telescope, In: ''Wiktionary''
|publisher=Wikimedia Foundation, Inc
|location=San Francisco, California
|month=9 July
|year=2016
|url=https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/telescope
|accessdate=2016-07-14 }}</ref> is called a '''telescope'''.

The [[w:Hubble Space Telescope|Hubble Space Telescope]] (HST) is an excellent example of a [[Radiation satellites|radiation astronomy satellite]] designed for more than one purpose: the various astronomies of [[optical astronomy]].

The HST is an optical astronomy telescope that “incorporated a set of 48 filters isolating spectral lines of particular astrophysical interest."<ref name=HubbleSpaceTelescope>{{ cite web
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