1. Introduction
A telescope is defined as a ‘far-seeing’ optical instrument used to make distant objects appear to be nearer and larger, but this fails to capture the scope and significance of modern telescopes. The tremendous sensitivity and range of wavelengths with which telescopes now operate has transformed our knowledge of the Universe. The ‘Introduction’ outlines the aims of this VSI as a journey from Galileo Galilei’s telescope to telescopes of the future that will generate so much data that it will far exceed the current capacity of the Internet. It is about the science of telescopes: what they do, how they work, what we have learned by using them, and where they are going next.
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2020 ◽
pp. 1083-1093
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Vol 3
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pp. 45-52
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Vol 101
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pp. 19-31
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Vol 32
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pp. 193-207
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