Jacobus kapteyn telescope for kids
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Jacobus Cornelius Kapteyn, (January 19, – June 18, ) was a Dutch astronomer, best known for his extensive studies of the Milky Way and as the first discoverer of evidence for .
Jacobus kapteyn telescope for kids
The Jacobus Kapteyn Telescope or JKT was a 1 m optical telescope of the Isaac Newton Group of Telescopes on La Palma in the Canary Islands.
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The Jacobus Kapteyn telescope weighs about 40 tonnes and has a 1 m mirror on an equatorial mount.
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In , Kapteyn launched a plan for a major study of the distribution of stars in the Galaxy, using counts of stars in different directions.