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There are five of the most expensive telescopes in the world that are known to exist. DOC’s photo
Judging by its story cited by history.aip.org, the first telescope was made in The Hague, Netherlands in October 1608. At that time this device had only convex and concave lenses in a tube which made the objects three to four times as large.
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When viewed from its current development, obviously the telescope is more and more up to date with its sophisticated technology. Until he created some of the most expensive telescopes.
Here are the five most expensive telescopes in the world, as reported by rarest.org:
1. 1 meter PlaneWave Observatory Telescope
Price: USD 575,000
The first most expensive telescope in the world was the PlaneWave 1 Meter Observatory Telescope, which weighed 1180 kg with a focal length of 6000 mm. Making this telescope clear enough to see the stars in the sky even if it depends on the weather.
Plane Wave, founded by Richard Hendrick and Jhoseph Haberman, became the company behind the scenes in creating this telescope.
2. Atacama Large Millimeter Array
Price: $1.4 billion
ALMA or the Atacama Large Millimeter Array comprises 66 radio telescopes capable of observing electromagnetic radiation. This telescope is located on the Chajnantor plateau.
The development itself started from 2013 and was released only in 2018. ALMA itself has cooperated and has partners in different countries such as USA, Japan, Canada, South Korea, Chile and Taiwan.
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3. Extremely large European telescope
Price: $1.6 billion
Ranked as the third most expensive telescope in the world is the European Extremely Large Telescope developed by the European Organization for Astronomical Research in the Southern Hemisphere.
The telescope is designed to observe as yet unseen extraterrestrial phenomena such as black holes in the “dark sector” of the universe. The telescope can even detect organic molecules such as newly formed gases.
4. Hubble Space Telescope
Price: $2.5 billion
The telescope developed by Lockheed Martin and Perkin-Elmer was launched on April 24, 1990. The designation itself was made in 1923, and construction began in 1970.
It is the only telescope known to have been built for space maintenance by astronauts. The telescope has also been upgraded on five space missions as part of NASA’s Great Observatories program.
5. James Webb telescope
Price: $9.5 billion
The most expensive telescope is currently held by the James Webb Telescope and has held the Guinness World Record for most expensive telescope as of December 25, 2021.
The James Weeb telescope’s mirrors use 18 hexagonal mirrors constructed of gold-plated beryllium, which causes them to emit more light than Hubble’s.
This telescope was launched in France and developed by three companies: Northrop Grumman, Bail Aerospace and L3Harris.
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