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Old 15-01-2010, 06:42 PM
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I expect 10 foot would be the focal length.

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But William knew he could build a bigger mirror, and followed that with a telescope with a mirror diameter of 9 inches (22.5 centimeters). As the mirror size increased, so did the length of the telescope, to 10 feet long.
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