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Anglo-Australian Telescope (AAT)
subject			fact

Anglo-Australian Telescope	has mounting manufacturer Mitsubishi
	has longitude 149° 04' E
	has latitude 31° 17' S
	has mirror maker Grubb-Parsons
	has mirror type Cer-Vit
	has aperture 3.893 m
	has focal ratio t/3.3. 8, 15. 36
	has acronym AAT
	has altitude 1149 m
	has owner Anglo-Australian Observatory
	has creation date 1975
	has location Siding Spring Mtn., Australia
	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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