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Large Telescopes In The U.S.
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Date: Prior to 1993
Question:
What are some telescopes in the US that have high resolution
spectroscopes?
Replies:
The best way to find out this information is to call the Adler
Planetarium or to look up one of the many astronomy magazines in the local
library. If you can find a collection of Physics Today magazine in a library
there are several good articles about astrophysics and telescopes.
Sam Bowen
Here are some of the bigger telescopes in the US:
Yerkes
Observatory, Williams Bay, Wisconsin (Worlds largest refracting telescope)
do = 40 inches
fo = 63.5 ft
Lick Observatory, Mount Hamilton, San Jose, CA: (Refracting telescope)
do = 36 inches
fo = 57.8 ft
Special Astrophysical Observatory, Bolshoi Teleskop, Mount Pastukh, USSR
do = approx. 600 cm
fo = ? - 2400 cm
Palomar Observatory, George Ellery Hale Telescope, Palomar Mountain,
California
do = 508 cm
fo = 1676 cm
Fred Whipple Observatory, Multiple Mirror Telescope, Mount Hopkins, AZ
do = 450 cm (Effective)
fo = 494 cm
Kitt Peak National Observatory, Nicholas U. Mayall Reflector, Kitt Peak,
Arizona
do = 381 cm
fo = 1070 cm
Palomar Observatory, Palomar Schmidt Telescope, Palomar Mountain, California
do = 183 cm
fo = 307 cm
United Kingdom Infrared, Mauna Kea, Hawaii
Canada-France-Hawaii, Mauna Kea, Hawaii
NASA IRTF, Mauna Kea, Hawaii
McDonald, Mt. Locke, Texas
Hooker, Mt. Wilson, California
Christopher Baker
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