hubble space telescope

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powerful telescope that was launched into space by the United States in 1990 and transmits magnified photographs of galaxies and objects in space
Most sophisticated optical observatory ever placed into orbit around Earth. Because it is above Earth's obscuring atmosphere, it can obtain images much brighter, clearer, and more detailed than ground-based telescopes can. Named for Edwin Hubble, it was built under NASA supervision and deployed on a 1990 space-shuttle mission. The reflector telescope's mirror optics gather light from celestial objects and direct it to an array of cameras and spectrographs (see spectroscopy). A defect in the primary mirror initially caused it to produce fuzzy images; in 1993 another shuttle mission corrected this and other problems. Subsequent missions to the HST have been for maintenance, repairs, and instrument upgrades
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Hubble Telescope
a very powerful telescope (=a piece of equipment for making distant objects look larger and closer) which is attached to a satellite in space, going around the Earth, and can see much further into space than telescopes on Earth
The Hubble Space Telescope
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The Hubble Space Telescope
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hubble space telescope

    Hyphenation

    Hub·ble space te·le·scope

    Turkish pronunciation

    hʌbıl speys telıskōp

    Pronunciation

    /ˈhəbəl ˈspās ˈteləˌskōp/ /ˈhʌbəl ˈspeɪs ˈtɛləˌskoʊp/
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