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LUCIAN AND THE GREAT MOON HOAX OF 1835
Published 2012-03-01“…In addition to this interest in navigational accuracy, the invention of the refracting telescope at the beginning of the seventeenth century provided the means for scientists to make star-maps of the southern skies more accurate and complete. …”
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Images and Spectra of the 2017 Total Solar Eclipse Corona From Our Oregon Site
Published 2018-10-01“…Our instruments included refracting telescopes and telephoto lenses for use with CCD detectors and DSLR cameras, narrow-band filters at the wavelengths of coronal emission lines ([Fe XIV] 530.3 nm and [Fe X] 637.4 nm), and spectrographs. …”
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Domesticating Light: Standards and Artisanal Knowledge in Early Astrophysics
Published 2020-06-01“…The first, when artisans worked to find a standard to normalise the manufacture of the glass with which the lenses of refracting telescopes were manufactured. The most recognised of these artisans was Fraunhöfer. …”
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