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Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope (CFHT)
subject			fact

Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope	has mounting manufacturer SNACRP
	has longitude 155° 28' W
	has latitude 19° 49' N
	has mirror maker Dominion Astrophys. Obs.
	has mirror type Cer-Vit
	has aperture 3.58 m
	has focal ratio f/3.8, 8, 20, 35
	has acronym CFHT
	has altitude 4200 m
	has owner Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope Corp.
	has creation date 1979
	has location Mauna Kea, Hawaii, US
	is an instance of reflector
	is an instance of optical telescope
	is an instance of Horseshoe equatorial telescope
Horseshoe equatorial telescope	has mounting Horseshoe equatorial
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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