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The Largest Refracting Telescope

The Largest Refracting Telescope
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Description: This giant refracting telescope, built in the late 1800s, is housed at Yerkes Observatory near Chicago. The objective lens is 102
cm (40 in.) in diameter, and the telescope tube is 19 ⅓ m (63 ½ ft) long. (Yerkes Observatory)

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