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Wisconsin-Indiana-Yale-NOAO Telescope comparison table |
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altazimuth telescope | in degrees, minutes, seconds (N or S) | height above sea level in meters | the person, company or institution that constructed the mounting | ambient | Earth based telescope | altazimuth | in degrees, minutes, seconds (E or W) | A form of mounting similar to that of a radar which allows the telescope tube to be moved horizontally (by rotation in azimuth or compass direction) and vertically (by rotation in altitude or elevation). To follow a star the telescope must be adjusted simultaneously in both axes. (also called alt-az) | ||||||||||||
optical telescope | astroweb | electromagnetic telescope | ||||||||||||||||||
reflector | the person, company or institution that created the mirror | equal to aperture (except for Schmidt which has aperture smaller than mirror diameter) | material and other engineering details | or primary mirror diameter | electromagnetic telescope | A device for gathering and amplifying light or other energy by means of a mirror. | ||||||||||||||
Wisconsin-Indiana-Yale-NOAO Telescope | astroweb | 31° 57' N | altazimuth telescope | (f/1.75) f/6.3 | Kitt Peak, Arizona. US | 2089 m | L & F Industries | WIYN Observatory | Charles Harmer/NOAO | ambient | equal to aperture (except for Schmidt which has aperture smaller than mirror diameter) | spin-cast borosilicate honey-comb | 3.5 m | mirror by Steward Observatory Mirror Lab (R. Angel) | 1994 | altazimuth | 111° 36' W | WIYN 3.5 m |
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