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• Solar telescope — The Swedish 1 m Solar Telescope at Roque de los Muchachos Observatory, La Palma in the Canary Islands. A solar telescope is a special purpose telescope used to observe the Sun. Solar telescopes usually detect light with wavelengths in, or not far …   Wikipedia

• McMath-Pierce Solar Telescope — The McMath Pierce Solar Telescope in Tucson, Arizona. Organization National Solar Observatory …   Wikipedia

• Richard B. Dunn Solar Telescope — The Dunn Solar Telescope in Sunspot, New Mexico. Organization National Solar Observatory …   Wikipedia

• telescope — /tel euh skohp /, n., adj., v., telescoped, telescoping. n. 1. an optical instrument for making distant objects appear larger and therefore nearer. One of the two principal forms (refracting telescope) consists essentially of an objective lens… …   Universalium

• Tower telescope — A Tower telescope is a telescope with a large refraction length at which the tube is installed inside a tower. Tower telescopes are mainly used for examinations of the sun.Examples* Solar Observatory Tower Meudon * Richard B. Dunn Solar Telescope …   Wikipedia

• Solar power plants in the Mojave Desert — There are several solar power plants in the Mojave Desert which supply power to the electricity grid. Solar Energy Generating Systems (SEGS) is the name given to nine solar power plants in the Mojave Desert which were built in the 1980s. These… …   Wikipedia

• solar tower — noun : a solar telescope in which light gathering mirrors are placed at the top of a tall tower to permit the use of long focus optics without the deterioration of image suffered in horizontal telescopes …   Useful english dictionary

• Solar thermal collector — A solar thermal collector is a solar collector specifically intended to collect heat: that is, to absorb sunlight to provide heat. Although the term may be applied to simple solar hot water panels, it is usually used to denote more complex… …   Wikipedia

• Telescope Array Project — The Telescope Array project is an international collaboration involving research and educational institutions in Japan, Taiwan, China, Russia, South Korea, and the United States. The experiment is designed to observe ultra high energy cosmic ray… …   Wikipedia

• Tower — For other uses, see Tower (disambiguation). CN Tower (world s third tallest freestanding structure) in Toronto, Ontario, Canada …   Wikipedia

• Concentrated solar power — The PS10 Solar Power Plant concentrates sunlight from a field of heliostats onto a central solar power tower. Concentrated solar power (CSP) systems use mirrors or lenses to concentrate a large area of sunlight, or solar thermal energy, onto a… …   Wikipedia