In astronomy, first light is the first practical use of a new instrument, typically a telescope to take an astronomical image after it has been constructed. This is often not the first viewing using the telescope because optical tests have likely been performed to adjust the components.
First light (astronomy)
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- Andrew Carnegie
- January 26
- Lens
- Royal Observatory, Greenwich
- Free-space optical communication
- Observatory of Strasbourg
- European Southern Observatory
- Large Binocular Telescope
- CoRoT
- Lick Observatory
- Mount Wilson Observatory
- List of largest optical reflecting telescopes
- Chandra X-ray Observatory
- Spitzer Space Telescope
- Palomar Observatory
- Collier's
- 1787 in science
- GALEX
- Gemini Observatory
- Southern African Large Telescope