What was the largest telescope ever looked through?

Question

Literally looked through with human eyes, as opposed to captured on film, CCD or computer screen.

Was it the 72" Leviathan in Ireland?

Wouldn't you need a huge eyepiece to avoid overmagnification?

Answer 1

26 inch refractor, Leander McCormick Obs U Va. See my profile www.myspace.com/logic1812

Oh I first thought the question was for us personally. Probably the 236" in Russia

Answer 2

Probably all optical telescopes have been looked through with the human eye, at least briefly for testing. All you would need to do would be to put an eyepiece at the same place where you'd normally put the photographic plate or CCD or whatever the official detector was supposed to be that night.

Answer 3

The Arecibo radio telescope is currently the largest single-dish telescope in the world. First opening in 1963, this 305 meter (1000 foot) radio telescope resides in a natural valley of Puerto Rico. The Arecibo telescope has been used for many astronomical research projects, including searches and studies of pulsars, and mapping atomic and molecular gas in the Galaxy and the universe. As the Arecibo dish can also be used to send radio waves, it has bounced and recorded radiation off of planets in our Solar System, and has even broadcast messages to areas of the Galaxy that might contain intelligent extra-terrestrial life. Any person in the world may use the telescope, providing their proposal is selected by a review committee.

Answer 4

You can rent the 60" telescope at Mt. Wilson Observatory in Los Angeles. It's $600 for half a night and $1200 for a full night...no review commitee needed. I've never looked through it. The largest telescope I've looked through is my 14"

The larger the telescope the more worthwhile the view.

Answer 5

They put an eyepiece in the WYIN telescope a few weeks ago. That has a mirror more than 3 meters long. I don't know about any bigger than that that have been looked through, but it's certainly possible.

You can't look through the Hubble, it's in space. You'd die. You can't look through Arecibo, it's a radio telescope - it doesn't observe in the optical bands.

Answer 6

No, they enlarge the photo and deliver at the same time more desirable gentle than your eye does. in case you word lightning by using a telescope, this is going to seem closer, subsequently brighter. I doubt it must be to the point that it hurts your eyes, even with the truth that. as well, you're unlikely to be searching by using a scope in such climatic circumstances till you're searching at an merchandise on the floor, or a particular cloud form.

Answer 7

I've looked through the 60 inch telescope at Palomar. Back in the day, some astronomers probably had fun looking through the 200 inch telescope there.

Answer 8

I know for sure the 200 inch has been looked through.

McDonald Observatory will let you, yes I mean you jdude, look through the 82-inch Otto Struve or even the 107 inch Harlan Smith telescope. See the source.

Answer 9

I am an Astronomer and kids ask us that all the time who visit .

It is the Keck Telescope on Mauna Kea in Hawaii .

Here is a link we provide for them, enjoy! it's amazing.

http://astro.nineplanets.org/bigeyes.html

Answer 10

I think it was the Hubble space telescope