The Centurian telescope was a highly sophisticated form of telescope created by the Centurians in the late 22nd century and from there on ever advancing. Centurian telescopes operated off of three key systems: * High-speed informational recognition processor * Aesthetic amplifiers * and a Storage device containing over 230 gigaquads of information These systems are integral in helping the telescope operate to maximum efficiency until it progressive, natural degradation in it's systems causes it to die.