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2.3-meter Telescope (Vainu Bappu 2.3 m)
subject			fact

2.3-meter Telescope	has mounting manufacturer Walchandnagar Industries
	has longitude 78° 50' E
	has latitude 12° 35' N
	has mirror maker Indian Inst. Astrophys.
	has mirror type Zerodur
	has aperture 2.33 m
	has focal ratio f/3.25, 13, 43
	has synonym Vainu Bappu 2.3 m
	has altitude 725 m
	has owner Vainu Bappu Observatory
	has creation date 1985
	has location Kavalur, Tamil Nadu, India
	is an instance of reflector
	is an instance of optical telescope
	is an instance of Horseshoe equatorial telescope
Horseshoe equatorial telescope	has mounting Horseshoe equatorial
reflector	has mirror diameter equal to aperture (except for Schmidt which has aperture smaller than mirror diameter)
	has secondary mirror shape
	has primary mirror shape
optical telescope	has optical design
	has reference astroweb
Earth based telescope	has temperature ambient
telescope	has wavelength sensitivity
	has angular resolving power
	has effective diameter
	has operator
	has purpose observe celestial objects
artifact	has creator
physical object	has angular momentum
	has mass
	has velocity
	has momentum
	has volume
	has extent
	has material

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