meade telescope of the 80s

What Device do largest telescopes in world use to collect as much light as possible?

The largest visible-light telescopes in the world use what device to collect as much light as possible before the light is brought to a focus (to act as the light bucket)?

a mirror.

Universe / Galaxy structure measured out to 2 billions light years distance.

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