Tower telescope
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A Tower telescope is a telescope with a large refraction length at which the tube is installed inside a tower. Tower telescopes are mainly used for examinations of the sun.
Examples
- Solar Observatory Tower MeudonSolar Observatory Tower MeudonSolar Observatory Tower Meudon is a 36.47 metre tall tower built of reinforced concrete on the area of Meudon Observatory in Meudon, France, which has in its interior a spectrograph for examination of the sun. Solar Observatory Tower Meudon was built in 1964-65, and is a solar tower, a type of...
- Richard B. Dunn Solar Telescope
- Mount Wilson Observatory