Nicholas U. Mayall Reflector Comparison Table

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Nicholas U. Mayall Reflector comparison table

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

optical telescope astroweb electromagnetic telescope

Ritchey-Chrétien convex hyperboloid the person, company or institution that created the mirror reflector Ritchey-Chrétien material and other engineering details or primary mirror diameter A system of two mirrors, aspherized to give an image at the secondary (Cassegrain) focus free from spherical aberration and coma. equal to aperture (except for Schmidt which has aperture smaller than mirror diameter) concave hyperboloid

Nicholas U. Mayall Reflector astroweb Kitt Peak, Arizona, US Kitt Peak National Observatory 31° 58' N convex hyperboloid KPNO Optical Shop ambient Fused-quartz 2120 m Horseshoe equatorial telescope Kitt Peak 4 m f/2.7, 8, 15.7 IR, 190 3.81 m Horseshoe equatorial Western Gear Corp. 111° 36' W equal to aperture (except for Schmidt which has aperture smaller than mirror diameter) concave hyperboloid 1973

Subject	has reference	has location	has owner	has latitude	has secondary mirror shape	has mirror maker	is a kind of	has optical design	has temperature	has mirror type	has altitude	is an instance of	has synonym	has focal ratio	has aperture	has mount	has definition	has mounting manufacturer	has longitude	has mirror diameter	has primary mirror shape	has creation date
Horseshoe equatorial telescope				in degrees, minutes, seconds (N or S)			equatorial telescope		ambient		height above sea level in meters					Horseshoe equatorial		the person, company or institution that constructed the mounting	in degrees, minutes, seconds (E or W)
optical telescope	astroweb						electromagnetic telescope
Ritchey-Chrétien					convex hyperboloid	the person, company or institution that created the mirror	reflector	Ritchey-Chrétien		material and other engineering details					or primary mirror diameter		A system of two mirrors, aspherized to give an image at the secondary (Cassegrain) focus free from spherical aberration and coma.			equal to aperture (except for Schmidt which has aperture smaller than mirror diameter)	concave hyperboloid
Nicholas U. Mayall Reflector	astroweb	Kitt Peak, Arizona, US	Kitt Peak National Observatory	31° 58' N	convex hyperboloid	KPNO Optical Shop			ambient	Fused-quartz	2120 m	Horseshoe equatorial telescope	Kitt Peak 4 m	f/2.7, 8, 15.7 IR, 190	3.81 m	Horseshoe equatorial		Western Gear Corp.	111° 36' W	equal to aperture (except for Schmidt which has aperture smaller than mirror diameter)	concave hyperboloid	1973