New optical technologies have revolutionized astronomy, from the invention of the telescope 400 years ago to more recent developments of adaptive optics and segmented mirrors. The next disruptive ...

117, No. 827 (January 2005), pp. 111-118 (8 pages) ABSTRACT In 2001, about 2100 papers appearing in 18 journals reported and/or analyzed data collected with ground‐based optical and infrared ...

As such, it inherits the previous camera’s mighty 125x optical zoom lens, equivalent to 24-3000mm in full-frame terms. Yes, that’s 3000mm at the long end – more telescope than telephoto.