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Subject has purpose has reference has location has owner has latitude has secondary mirror shape has mirror maker is a kind of has temperature has acronym has mirror type has altitude is an instance of has focal ratio has aperture has mount has mounting manufacturer has definition has longitude has mirror diameter has primary mirror shape has creation date

Cassegrain observe celestial objects convex hyperboloid the person, company or institution that created the mirror reflector material and other engineering details or primary mirror diameter Telescope devised by Cassegrain in which an auxiliary convex mirror reflects the magnified image, upside down, through a hole in the center of the main objective mirror - i.e., through the end of the telescope itself. It was, however, no improvement on the gregorian telescope invented probably slightly earlier. equal to aperture (except for Schmidt which has aperture smaller than mirror diameter) concave paraboloid

English equatorial telescope observe celestial objects in degrees, minutes, seconds (N or S) equatorial telescope ambient height above sea level in meters English equatorial the person, company or institution that constructed the mounting in degrees, minutes, seconds (E or W)

optical telescope observe celestial objects astroweb electromagnetic telescope

NASA Infrared Telescope Facility infrared work astroweb Mauna Kea, Hawaii, US Mauna Kea Observatory 19° 50' N convex hyperboloid KPNO Optical Shop ambient NASA IRTF Cer-Vit 4208 m English equatorial telescope f/2.5, 35, 120 IR 3.00 m English equatorial de Bartolomeis 155° 28' W equal to aperture (except for Schmidt which has aperture smaller than mirror diameter) concave paraboloid 1979

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Subject	has purpose	has reference	has location	has owner	has latitude	has secondary mirror shape	has mirror maker	is a kind of	has temperature	has acronym	has mirror type	has altitude	is an instance of	has focal ratio	has aperture	has mount	has mounting manufacturer	has definition	has longitude	has mirror diameter	has primary mirror shape	has creation date
Cassegrain	observe celestial objects					convex hyperboloid	the person, company or institution that created the mirror	reflector			material and other engineering details				or primary mirror diameter			Telescope devised by Cassegrain in which an auxiliary convex mirror reflects the magnified image, upside down, through a hole in the center of the main objective mirror - i.e., through the end of the telescope itself. It was, however, no improvement on the gregorian telescope invented probably slightly earlier.		equal to aperture (except for Schmidt which has aperture smaller than mirror diameter)	concave paraboloid
English equatorial telescope	observe celestial objects				in degrees, minutes, seconds (N or S)			equatorial telescope	ambient			height above sea level in meters				English equatorial	the person, company or institution that constructed the mounting		in degrees, minutes, seconds (E or W)
optical telescope	observe celestial objects	astroweb						electromagnetic telescope
NASA Infrared Telescope Facility	infrared work	astroweb	Mauna Kea, Hawaii, US	Mauna Kea Observatory	19° 50' N	convex hyperboloid	KPNO Optical Shop		ambient	NASA IRTF	Cer-Vit	4208 m	English equatorial telescope	f/2.5, 35, 120 IR	3.00 m	English equatorial	de Bartolomeis		155° 28' W	equal to aperture (except for Schmidt which has aperture smaller than mirror diameter)	concave paraboloid	1979