I love the way that scientific institutions name telescopes. It started with the “large” telescopes like the Large Binocular Telescope (LBT), an 11.4-metre telescope (made up of two 8.4-metre mirrors) in the Pinaleno Mountains of Arizona; the Very Large Telescope (VLT), an array of four 8.2-metre telescopes in the Atacama Desert in Chile; and the … Continue reading How big is your telescope?