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Why astronomers continually build telescopes with larger-and-larger diameters?

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Telescopes have three functions
1 to collect more light
2 To resolve close objects
3 To magnify.
Step-by-step explanation:
To collect more light we have to build large sized mirrors..Then only we can see very faint objects.
To separate two close objects a also we need large aperture
So by making large telescopes we can see more faint objects and more deeper into universe..
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