GO ASTRONOMY | 10 Largest Optical Telescopes in the World @goastronomy | Uploaded May 2022 | Updated October 2024, 11 hours ago.
This video is for the magnificent monuments of human engineering - the great astronomical observatories. Here are the 10 largest single-mount optical telescopes in the world:

Large Binocular Telescope (LBT)
Mt Graham, AZ USA

Gran Telescopio Canarias (GTC)
La Palma, Canary Islands, Spain

Hobby–Eberly Telescope (HET)
Mt Fowlkes TX USA

Keck I
Mauna Kea, HI USA

Keck II
Mauna Kea, HI USA

South African Telescope (SALT)
Sutherland, South Africa

Very Large Telescope (VLT)
Cerro Paranal, Chile

Subaru Telescope
Mauna Kea, HI USA

Gemini North
Mauna Kea, HI USA

Gemini South
Cerro Pachon, Chile

Interferometer-array telescopes:

Navy Precision Optical Interferometer (NPOI)
Flagstaff, AZ USA

Magdalena Ridge Observatory Interferometer (MROI)
Socorro, NM USA

CHARA Array
Mt Wilson, CA USA

Very Large Telescope (VLT)
Cerro Paranal, Chile


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