Mount Wilson Telescope
Friday, August 5th, 2011
Did Edwin Hubble invent his own telescope?
I found the following statement online:
“Astronomer Edwin Hubble built one of the biggest of them all, measuring 100 inches in mirror diameter. His Mount Wilson reflector telescope made one of the biggest discoveries in astronomy of all time”
I Know that the Hubble Space Telescope was named in his honor but did he contribute to any advancements with telescopes? Did he only use telescopes, or did he improve them also?
Edwin Hubble’s most important contribution is the Hubble constant which measures the rate at which the celestial objects such as stars and galaxise drift apart from each other.
But I don’t think he did anything with optics to improve telescopes he was an astronomer visionary .
90-year-old 100-inch telescope in action
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