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Gemini Telescope North
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Gemini Telescope North	has comment Coming ULE meniscus primary mirror; this northem instrument is to be optimized for IR work
	has longitude 155° 28' W
	has latitude 19° 49' N
	has aperture 8.1 m
	has focal ratio f/1.8, 16IR, 19.6
	has altitude 4100: m
	has owner Joint Astronomy Center
	has creation date (1999)
	has location Mauna Kea, Hawaii, US
	is an instance of Ritchey-Chrétien
	is an instance of optical telescope
	is an instance of altazimuth telescope
altazimuth telescope	has mounting altazimuth
Ritchey-Chrétien	has secondary mirror shape convex hyperboloid
	has primary mirror shape concave hyperboloid
	has optical design Ritchey-Chrétien
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
reflector	has mirror maker the person, company or institution that created the mirror
	has mirror type material and other engineering details
	has mirror diameter equal to aperture (except for Schmidt which has aperture smaller than mirror diameter)
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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