John Trevor Jefferies (1925-2024)

Jeffries's decision to build an observatory on Mauna Kea, a 14,000-foot mountain in Hawaii, forever changed the expectations for the performance of ground-based telescopes, especially in terms of image quality and infrared sensitivity.

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2025-10-20
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https://doi.org/10.3847/25c2cfeb.db4ae892
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History and Developments in Astronomy
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John Trevor Jefferies (1925-2024)

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Jeffries's decision to build an observatory on Mauna Kea, a 14,000-foot mountain in Hawaii, forever changed the expectations for the performance of ground-based telescopes, especially in terms of image quality and infrared sensitivity.

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