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- Introduction
- Introduction
- Coordinates
- Horizon System, Equatorial System, Siderial Time, Precession and Nutation, Example
- Optical Telescopes
- Electromagnetic Spectrum, Earth's Atmosphere, Introduction, Reflectors, Newtonian Telescope, Resolution, Cassegrain Telescope, ESO La Silla, Building the VLT, Active Optics, Detectors