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Wisconsin-Indiana-Yale-NOAO Telescope (WIYN 3.5 m)
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Wisconsin-Indiana-Yale-NOAO Telescope	has comment mirror by Steward Observatory Mirror Lab (R. Angel)
	has mounting manufacturer L & F Industries
	has longitude 111° 36' W
	has latitude 31° 57' N
	has mirror maker Charles Harmer/NOAO
	has mirror type spin-cast borosilicate honey-comb
	has aperture 3.5 m
	has focal ratio (f/1.75) f/6.3
	has synonym WIYN 3.5 m
	has altitude 2089 m
	has owner WIYN Observatory
	has creation date 1994
	has location Kitt Peak, Arizona. US
	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 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 optical design
	has reference astroweb
Earth based telescope	has temperature ambient
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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