Hubble Space Telescope Comparison Table

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Hubble Space Telescope comparison table

Subject has launch date has reference has purpose is an instance of has focal ratio has location has mounting manufacturer has owner has mirror maker has acronym has elliptical orbit has primary mirror shape has mirror diameter has mirror type has angular resolving power has aperture orbit has effective diameter is a kind of has wavelength sensitivity has creation date has mount has secondary mirror shape has definition

naked eye object or center of gravity physical object a physical object visible to the unnaided human eye

optical space telescope astroweb observe celestial objects a more massive physical object optical telescope 300 to 1000 nanometers

optical telescope astroweb observe celestial objects electromagnetic telescope

Ritchey-Chrétien observe celestial objects the person, company or institution that created the mirror concave hyperboloid equal to aperture (except for Schmidt which has aperture smaller than mirror diameter) material and other engineering details or primary mirror diameter reflector convex hyperboloid A system of two mirrors, aspherized to give an image at the secondary (Cassegrain) focus free from spherical aberration and coma.

Hubble Space Telescope 1986 Hubble Space Telescope from CADC observe celestial objects optical telescope f/12.9, 30, 48, 96 Earth orbit Lockheed Space Telescope Science Institute Perkin Elmer HST 500 km altitude, 35 degree inclination concave hyperboloid equal to aperture (except for Schmidt which has aperture smaller than mirror diameter) Corning ULE glass 0.05 arcseconds 2.4 m Earth 2.1 meters 300 to 1000 nanometers 1990 3-axis-stabilized spacecraft convex hyperboloid Hubble Space Telescope. A space-based reflecting telescope with a primary mirror diameter of 2.4 m (94 in) capable of high-resolution imaging from the far ultraviolet to the near infrared. A joint NASA/ESA mission. Launched in 1990 with a planned lifetime of 15 years. Encountered reduced performance when the mirror was found to have spherical aberration. Solved by the installation of corrective optics (COSTAR) in 1994.

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Subject	has launch date	has reference	has purpose	is an instance of	has focal ratio	has location	has mounting manufacturer	has owner	has mirror maker	has acronym	has elliptical orbit	has primary mirror shape	has mirror diameter	has mirror type	has angular resolving power	has aperture	orbit	has effective diameter	is a kind of	has wavelength sensitivity	has creation date	has mount	has secondary mirror shape	has definition
naked eye object						or center of gravity													physical object					a physical object visible to the unnaided human eye
optical space telescope		astroweb	observe celestial objects														a more massive physical object		optical telescope	300 to 1000 nanometers
optical telescope		astroweb	observe celestial objects																electromagnetic telescope
Ritchey-Chrétien			observe celestial objects						the person, company or institution that created the mirror			concave hyperboloid	equal to aperture (except for Schmidt which has aperture smaller than mirror diameter)	material and other engineering details		or primary mirror diameter			reflector				convex hyperboloid	A system of two mirrors, aspherized to give an image at the secondary (Cassegrain) focus free from spherical aberration and coma.
Hubble Space Telescope	1986	Hubble Space Telescope from CADC	observe celestial objects	optical telescope	f/12.9, 30, 48, 96	Earth orbit	Lockheed	Space Telescope Science Institute	Perkin Elmer	HST	500 km altitude, 35 degree inclination	concave hyperboloid	equal to aperture (except for Schmidt which has aperture smaller than mirror diameter)	Corning ULE glass	0.05 arcseconds	2.4 m	Earth	2.1 meters		300 to 1000 nanometers	1990	3-axis-stabilized spacecraft	convex hyperboloid	Hubble Space Telescope. A space-based reflecting telescope with a primary mirror diameter of 2.4 m (94 in) capable of high-resolution imaging from the far ultraviolet to the near infrared. A joint NASA/ESA mission. Launched in 1990 with a planned lifetime of 15 years. Encountered reduced performance when the mirror was found to have spherical aberration. Solved by the installation of corrective optics (COSTAR) in 1994.