STURDY DOBSONIAN BASE: The durable Dobsonian ... 12” PRIMARY MIRROR: Our Newtonian reflector telescope is equipped with a large, 12-inch primary mirror for stunning views of planets, galaxies ...

The only way of getting such a large aperture telescope – which is ideal for looking at distant objects in the night sky – is by going for a Dobsonian-style telescope like this one.

Very Large Telescope (VLT). VLT, which cost some $350 million to build in the 1990s ($840 million in today's dollars), is one of the world's most sensitive sky-watching instruments, capable of ...

Construction of the world's largest telescope moves forward with progress of the structure's dome and housing for the primary mirror. The European Southern Observatory's (ESO) Extremely Large ...