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Astrophysical Research Consortium Telescope (ARC 3.5 m)
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Astrophysical Research Consortium Telescope	has longitude 105° 49' W
	has latitude 32° 47' N
	has mirror maker R. Angel, B. Martin
	has mirror type spin-cast borosilicate honey-comb
	has aperture 3.5 m
	has focal ratio f/1.75
	has synonym ARC 3.5 m
	has altitude 2800 m
	has owner Apache Point
	has creation date 1994
	has location New Mexico, US
	is an instance of reflector
	is an instance of optical telescope
	is an instance of altazimuth telescope
altazimuth telescope	has mounting altazimuth
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 mounting manufacturer the person, company or institution that constructed the mounting
	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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