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Princeton and the telescope
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Smithsonian NASM (left); U.S. Navy
Model of Stratoscope II, left; Stratoscope I and NASA balloon1963 Stratoscope II, 36"
Professor Martin Schwarzschild’s telescope floats beneath giant NASA balloon; Perkin-Elmer quartz mirror can distinguish one toadstool from two at 1,000 miles. Model is on display at the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C.
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Video: Picturing the universe
View a series of images from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, captured by a telescope at Apache Point, N.M., designed by Princeton astronomy professor Jim Gunn.
View a series of images from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, captured by a telescope at Apache Point, N.M., designed by Princeton astronomy professor Jim Gunn.