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Today it remains to be one of south east London’s most popular attractions and houses the UK’s largest refracting telescope, measuring at 28 inches. It also sits on the site of the Prime ...

(Image: National Maritime Museum, London) Today it remains to be one of south east London’s most popular attractions and houses the UK’s largest refracting telescope, measuring at 28 inches. It also ...

the largest volcano in the solar system, Olympus Mons; and the planet's southern polar ice cap. These prominent features are best seen using a refractor telescope with a long focal length (the ...

The lanes and clouds of dust in the star-forming Orion Nebula (M42) reveal a dark dimension to this familiar object.

(Image: National Maritime Museum, London) Today it remains to be one of south east London’s most popular attractions and houses the UK’s largest refracting telescope, measuring at 28 inches.