Bamberg-Refraktor
| Location(s) | Insulaner, Schöneberg, Tempelhof-Schöneberg, Berlin, Germany |
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| Coordinates | 52°27′27″N 13°21′04″E / 52.4575°N 13.3511°E |
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| Mass | 4,500 kg (9,900 lb) |
| Focal length | 5,000 mm (16 ft 5 in) |
| Website | wfs |
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The Bamberg-Refraktor is a large telescope. The refracting telescope has an aperture of 320 millimetres, a focal length of five metres and is located in the Wilhelm Foerster Observatory in the Berlin district of Schöneberg.
The name "Bamberg" goes back to the builder of the telescope, Carl Bamberg (* 12. Juli 1847 in Kranichfeld; † 4. Juni 1892 in Friedenau), and the term "refractor" (Latin re = 'back' and frangere = 'refract') means that the telescope is made exclusively with light-refracting optical lenses and does not use mirrors or zone plates.