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Gran Telescopio Canarias (GTC)
subject			fact

Gran Telescopio Canarias	has comment Design similar to that of the Keck instruments; funded by Spain with international partners
	has longitude 17°54' W
	has latitude 28° 45' N
	has aperture 10 m
	has focal ratio f/1.75. 15, 25
	has acronym GTC
	has altitude 2400 m
	has owner Obs. del Roque de los Muchachos
	has creation date 2003
	has location La Palma, Canary Islands
	is an instance of Ritchey-Chrétien
	is an instance of optical telescope
	is an instance of segmented mirror telescope
	is an instance of altazimuth telescope
altazimuth telescope	has mounting altazimuth
Ritchey-Chrétien	has secondary mirror shape convex hyperboloid
	has primary mirror shape concave hyperboloid
	has optical design Ritchey-Chrétien
segmented mirror telescope	has number of segments
optical telescope	has optical design
	has reference astroweb
Earth based telescope	has mounting manufacturer the person, company or institution that constructed the mounting
	has temperature ambient
reflector	has mirror maker the person, company or institution that created the mirror
	has mirror type material and other engineering details
	has mirror diameter equal to aperture (except for Schmidt which has aperture smaller than mirror diameter)
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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