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Southern African Large Telescope
(SALT)
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Southern African Large Telescopehas comment A twin of the Hobby-Eberly Telescope2001-09-27 09:27:48.0
has mounting altazimuth fixed in altitude but rotates in azimuth2001-09-27 09:27:48.0
has longitude 20° 49'E2001-09-27 09:27:48.0
has latitude 32° 23' S2001-09-27 09:27:48.0
has optical design Spherical figure2001-09-27 09:27:48.0
has aperture 9.1 m2001-09-27 09:27:48.0
has focal ratio (f/1.4) f/4.72001-09-27 09:27:48.0
has acronym SALT2001-09-27 09:27:48.0
has altitude 1798 m2001-09-27 09:27:48.0
has owner South African Astronomical Obs.2001-09-27 09:27:48.0
has creation date (2004)2001-09-27 09:27:48.0
has location Sutherland, South Africa2001-09-27 09:27:48.0
is an instance of reflector2001-09-27 09:27:48.0
is an instance of optical telescope2001-09-27 09:27:48.0
is an instance of altazimuth telescope2001-09-27 09:27:48.0
reflectorhas mirror maker the person, company or institution that created the mirror2001-09-27 09:27:44.0
has mirror type material and other engineering details2001-09-27 09:27:44.0
has mirror diameter equal to aperture (except for Schmidt which has aperture smaller than mirror diameter)2001-09-27 09:27:44.0
has secondary mirror shape2001-09-27 09:27:44.0
has primary mirror shape2001-09-27 09:27:44.0
optical telescopehas reference astrowebhas URL: http://www.cv.nrao.edu/fits/www/yp_optical.html, 2001-09-27 09:27:43.0
Earth based telescopehas mounting manufacturer the person, company or institution that constructed the mounting2001-09-27 09:27:45.0
has temperature ambient2001-09-27 09:27:45.0
telescopehas wavelength sensitivity2001-09-27 09:27:40.0
has angular resolving power2001-09-27 09:27:40.0
has effective diameter2001-09-27 09:27:40.0
has operator2001-09-27 09:27:40.0
has purpose observe celestial objects2001-09-27 09:27:40.0
artifacthas creator2001-09-27 09:27:27.0
physical objecthas angular momentum2001-09-27 09:27:27.0
has mass2001-09-27 09:27:27.0
has velocity2001-09-27 09:27:27.0
has momentum2001-09-27 09:27:27.0
has volume2001-09-27 09:27:27.0
has extent2001-09-27 09:27:27.0
has material2001-09-27 09:27:27.0

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