Which of these telescopes has the largest mirror, that is, the most "light gathering" capability?
Large Synoptic Survey Telescope, or "LSST", now under construction. in Chile. |
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James Webb Space Telescope, to be launched by NASA and ESA in 2020, and placed into orbit at a Lagrange point far from Earth. |
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Palomar telescope, in California north of San Diego. |
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Hubble Space Telescope, now in low Earth orbit. |
LSST has the largest mirror of 8.4 m. It is under construction in chile. It is a wide filed survey reflecting telescope with 8.4 meter primary mirror. It will give the broad view of the object at a particular time . The images are recorded on CCD camera.
Which of these telescopes has the largest mirror, that is, the most "light gathering" capability? Large...