Talk:List of largest optical refracting telescopes
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I'm sorry but the last edit make the table look ugly.
The article that Paris 1900 Exposition links to (Exposition Universelle (1900)) dose not talk about the telescope: could someone knowledgeable about the topic fix this? --Canageek 19:29, Jun 12, 2005 (UTC)
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[edit] Paris 1900 refractor
If I remember well, this instrument was a DOUBLE refractor - the lenses optimized for visual and photographic use, resp. Source: Sky & Telescope somewhen in the sixties - perhaps J. Ashbrook's column "Astronomical Scrapbook".
In addition I seriously doubt that (vertically mounted) lenses were designed to sag into correct figure. --ECeDee 19:22, 19 July 2005 (UTC)
- See also 1911britannica - there is a hint in favour of double refractor --84.178.136.47 19:37, 19 July 2005 (UTC)
- The double refractor was at Meudon (Paris Observatory). The Paris 1900 Exposition instrument was a simple refractor and was horizontal (see article), it was a total failure I think the glass was deformed by its own weight. Ericd 14:53, 20 July 2005 (UTC)
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- I remembered not very well. Today finally I got hand on my source: J. Ashbrook's column "Astronomical Scrapbook" in Sky & Telescope, Aug. 1958, p. 509. The Great Paris Refractor (Exposition instrument) in fact was single, but had two lenses (see article). This agrees with the Britannica information. --ECeDee 22:28, 1 March 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Bigger?
Surely somone has made a bigger optical refracting telescope in the last 100 years? Some of the stubs i've worked on have 5 meter diameter telescopes, the radio telescopes can get up above 50 (of course they aren't refracting optical)--Rayc 23:45, 26 October 2005 (UTC)
5 meter ? Reflector not refractor.... Ericd 21:27, 7 November 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Lick ranking
The folks at Lick claim the 36 inch is actualy the 2 largest in the world. This claim is also repeated in the DVD sold at the gift shop. Who's right? Jwissick(t)(c) 23:18, 6 November 2005 (UTC)
"sorted by lens diameter." if we consider focal length Lick is bigger than the Swedish telecope. Ericd 00:46, 7 November 2005 (UTC)
I spoke with the folks at Lick and they were not aware of the Swedish scope and have made the change to the tour dialog... Felt bad to be the bearer of bad news for them... Oh well. Jwissick(t)(c) 15:13, 7 November 2005 (UTC)
Actually the Swedish Solar Telescope is an unusual catadioptric made of a singlet lens objective followed by an adaptive mirror and a re-imaging lens (http://www.solarphysics.kva.se/publications/prints/scharmer03meter.pdf page 3) so the Lick refractor remains the second largest TRUE refractor in the world. LC 8:40, 14 December 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Pulkovo Refractor
The 30-inch Pulkovo Refractor is a famous and important telescope, build by Clark (lens) and Repsold (mount). It was destroyed in World War II, but it should be featured or mentioned here.
