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| C. Donald Shane Telescope | observe celestial objects | | Mount Hamilton, Calif., US | Lick Observatory | 37° 21' N | Don O. Hendrix | | | Pyrex | 1290 m | Fork equatorial telescope | 120 inch | f/5, 17, 36 | 3.05 m | equatorial fork | Judson Pacific-Murphy Corp. | 121° 38' W | 1959 |
| George Ellery Hale Telescope | observe celestial objects | | Palomar Mountain, Calif., US | Palomar Observatory | 33° 21' N | J.A. Anderson | California Institute of Technology | | ribbed Corning Pyrex | 1706 m | Horseshoe equatorial telescope | 200 inch | f/3.3. 16, 30 | 5.08 m | Horseshoe yoke mount | Westinghouse | 116° 52' W | 1948 |
| Hooker Telescope | observe celestial objects | telescope out of service 1985-92 | Mount Wilson, Calif., US | Mount Wilson Observatory | 34° 13' N | G.W. Ritchey from Saint-Gobain (Paris) | | | plate-glass | 1742 m | English equatorial telescope | 100 inch | f/5, 16, 30 | 2.5 m | English equatorial | FG. Pease and Fore River Shipyards | 118° 03' W | 1917 |
| Large Binocular Telescope | observe celestial objects | Twin 8.4-m reflectors; a project of Univ. of Arizona, Arcetri Astrophysical Obs., and Research Corp. (Tucson) | Mount Graham, Arizona, US | Columbus Project | 32° 42' N | R. Angel, B. Martin | | LBT | material and other engineering details | 3170 m | altazimuth telescope | | f/1.14, 5.4, 15 (each) | 11.8 m | altazimuth "two-shooter" with telescopes 14.4 m apart (center to center) | the person, company or institution that constructed the mounting | 109° 51' W | 2004 |
| NASA Infrared Telescope Facility | infrared work | | Mauna Kea, Hawaii, US | Mauna Kea Observatory | 19° 50' N | KPNO Optical Shop | | NASA IRTF | Cer-Vit | 4208 m | English equatorial telescope | | f/2.5, 35, 120 IR | 3.00 m | English equatorial | de Bartolomeis | 155° 28' W | 1979 |
| Nordic Optical Telescope | observe celestial objects | | La Palma, Canary Islands | Obs. del Roque de Ins Muchachos | 28° 45' N | Optics Labs (Tartu) | | NOT | Zerodur | 2382 m | altazimuth telescope | | (f/2.0), 11.0 | 2.56 m | altazimuth in rotating building | the person, company or institution that constructed the mounting | 17° 53'W | 1989 |
| United Kingdom Infrared Telescope | infrared work only | | Mauna Kea, Hawaii, US | Joint Astronomy Centre | 19° 50' N | Grubb-Parsons | | UKIRT | Cer-Vit | 4194 m | English equatorial telescope | | f/2.5, 36 IR | 3.802 m | English-yoke equatorial | Hadfields Ltd. (Sheffield) | 155° 28' W | 1978 |
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