
John M. answered 02/27/20
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Adding th telescope's distance above the earth, 353, to the radius of the earth, 3960, drawing a line to the horizon which is perpendicular to the horizon line, creates a right triangle when you draw a line from the center of the earth to the horizon point.
Then that distance X = √(43132 - 39602 ) = 1708.9 miles