Telescope (disambiguation)
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A telescope
is an instrument designed for the observation of remote objects by the collection of electromagnetic radiation.
Telescope may also refer to:
Telescope
A telescope is an instrument that aids in the observation of remote objects by collecting electromagnetic radiation . The first known practical telescopes were invented in the Netherlands at the beginning of the 1600s , using glass lenses...
is an instrument designed for the observation of remote objects by the collection of electromagnetic radiation.
Telescope may also refer to:
- Telescope (album), a 2007 album by Circle
- Telescope (TV series)Telescope (TV series)Telescope was a Canadian television series which aired on the CBC between 1963 and 1973.Telescope was a half-hour documentary television series, hosted by Fletcher Markle, which profiled notable Canadian people from celebrities to the unknown, who made a difference.Starting in September 1966,...
, a Canadian television interview series hosted by Fletcher Markle - Telescopes (EP)Telescopes (EP)Telescopes is an EP by Waking Ashland, released on February 8, 2006 in Japan through the band's Japanese record label Fabtone Records. The U.S. version, featuring different artwork, was released on June 13, 2006 through Immortal Records. The EP contains seven new songs and an enhanced CD portion...
, a 2006 EP by Waking Ashland - Telescope, a type of dolly zoomDolly zoomThe dolly zoom is an unsettling in-camera effect that appears to undermine normal visual perception. It is part of many cinematic techniques used in filmmaking and television production....
- The TelescopesThe TelescopesThe Telescopes were formed in 1987 by Stephen Lawrie and could best be described as a noise/space rock band - the Jesus and Mary Chain, My Bloody Valentine and Spacemen 3 being influences and contemporaries.-History:...
, a British psychedelic band - Telescopic cylinderTelescopic cylinderTelescopic cylinders are a special design of hydraulic cylinder that provide an exceptionally long output travel from a very compact retracted length. Typically the collapsed length of a telescopic cylinder is 20 to 40%...
- Telescoping (mechanics)Telescoping (mechanics)Telescoping in mechanics describes the movement of one part sliding out from another, lengthening an object from its rest state. In modern equipment, this is often done by hydraulics....
- Telescoping (railway)Telescoping (railway)In a railway accident, telescoping occurs when the underframe of one vehicle overrides that of another, and smashes through the second vehicle's body...
, when trains collide and one ends up riding above another - Telescoping effectTelescoping effectIn psychology and cognitive science, the telescoping effect is people's tendency to perceive recent events as being more remote than they are, and to perceive distant events as being more recent than they are. More specifically, the former is known as backward telescoping, and the latter as forward...
, where remote events appear to have occurred more recently - Telescoping sum
- TelescopiumTelescopiumTelescopium is a minor southern constellation created in the 18th century by Nicolas Louis de Lacaille, a French astronomer and student of the southern skies. Its name is a Latinized form of the Greek word for telescope....
, a constellation