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Large Binocular Telescope (LBT)
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Large Binocular Telescope	has comment Twin 8.4-m reflectors; a project of Univ. of Arizona, Arcetri Astrophysical Obs., and Research Corp. (Tucson)
	has mounting altazimuth "two-shooter" with telescopes 14.4 m apart (center to center)
	has longitude 109° 51' W
	has latitude 32° 42' N
	has mirror maker R. Angel, B. Martin
	has aperture 11.8 m
	has focal ratio f/1.14, 5.4, 15 (each)
	has acronym LBT
	has altitude 3170 m
	has owner Columbus Project
	has creation date 2004
	has location Mount Graham, Arizona, US
	is an instance of Cassegrain
	is an instance of optical telescope
	is an instance of altazimuth telescope
Cassegrain	has secondary mirror shape convex hyperboloid
	has primary mirror shape concave paraboloid
	has optical design Cassegrain
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 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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