Construction of the new 6‐meter telescope in the Russian Caucasus is under way, but it is not yet known when it will be ready for use. This instrument will be the world's largest optical telescope when it is finished; the big telescope at Mount Palomar has an aperture of about 5 meters.
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© 1968 American Institute of Physics.
1968
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