Multiple Mirror Telescope
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a reflecting telescope on Mount Hopkins, in Arizona, that features six computer-linked mirrors set on a single mount.
Abbr.: MMT
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one of the world's largest astronomical telescopes, located on top of 2,600-metre- (8,530-foot-) high Mount Hopkins, 60 km (37 miles) south of Tucson, Ariz. It is a prototype for large optical telescopes of the 15- to 25-metre (590- to 980-inch) class. The MMT combines the light collected by six 180-centimetre- (70-inch-) diameter telescopes into a single image. It thus has the light-gathering power of a single 450-centimetre (176-inch) telescope. Because of many technical innovations, the construction of the MMT cost substantially less than that of a conventional telescope of comparable size. Completed in 1979, the MMT is jointly owned and operated by the Smithsonian Institution and the University of Arizona.
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Multiple Mirror Telescope — [ mʌltɪ mɪrə telɪskəʊp, englisch], Abkürzung MMT [emem tiː], Mehrspiegelteleskop, 1979 am Whipple Observatorium auf dem Mount Hopkins (Arizona, USA) in Betrieb genommenes optisches Syntheseteleskop, das bis zu dessen Umbau 1999 anstelle eines… … Universal-Lexikon
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