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Magellan Project (Magellan I)
subject			fact

Magellan Project	has comment a twin, Magellan II is to be built in 2001
	has mounting manufacturer L & F Industries
	has longitude 70° 42' W
	has latitude 29° 00' S
	has mirror maker R. Angel, B. Martin
	has optical design Cassegrain and Gregorian
	has aperture 6.5 m
	has focal ratio f/1.25, 11, 15
	has synonym Magellan I
	has operator Carnegie Institution of Washington
	has altitude 2300 m
	has owner Las Campanes Observatory
	has creation date (1999)
	has location Las Campanas, Chile
	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 type material and other engineering details
	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 reference astroweb
Earth based telescope	has temperature ambient
telescope	has wavelength sensitivity
	has angular resolving power
	has effective diameter
	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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