Victor M. Blanco Telescope Comparison Table

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Victor M. Blanco Telescope comparison table

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Horseshoe equatorial telescope in degrees, minutes, seconds (N or S) equatorial telescope ambient height above sea level in meters Horseshoe equatorial the person, company or institution that constructed the mounting in degrees, minutes, seconds (E or W)

optical telescope astroweb electromagnetic telescope

Ritchey-Chrétien convex hyperboloid the person, company or institution that created the mirror reflector Ritchey-Chrétien material and other engineering details or primary mirror diameter A system of two mirrors, aspherized to give an image at the secondary (Cassegrain) focus free from spherical aberration and coma. equal to aperture (except for Schmidt which has aperture smaller than mirror diameter) concave hyperboloid

Victor M. Blanco Telescope astroweb Cerro Tololo, Chile Cerro Tololo Inter-American Obs. 30° 10' S convex hyperboloid KPNO Optical Shop ambient Cer-Vit 2215 m Horseshoe equatorial telescope CTIO 4 meter f/2.8, 8.0 4.001 m Horseshoe equatorial Western Gear Corp. 70° 49' W equal to aperture (except for Schmidt which has aperture smaller than mirror diameter) concave hyperboloid 1976

Subject	has reference	has location	has owner	has latitude	has secondary mirror shape	has mirror maker	is a kind of	has optical design	has temperature	has mirror type	has altitude	is an instance of	has synonym	has focal ratio	has aperture	has mount	has definition	has mounting manufacturer	has longitude	has mirror diameter	has primary mirror shape	has creation date
Horseshoe equatorial telescope				in degrees, minutes, seconds (N or S)			equatorial telescope		ambient		height above sea level in meters					Horseshoe equatorial		the person, company or institution that constructed the mounting	in degrees, minutes, seconds (E or W)
optical telescope	astroweb						electromagnetic telescope
Ritchey-Chrétien					convex hyperboloid	the person, company or institution that created the mirror	reflector	Ritchey-Chrétien		material and other engineering details					or primary mirror diameter		A system of two mirrors, aspherized to give an image at the secondary (Cassegrain) focus free from spherical aberration and coma.			equal to aperture (except for Schmidt which has aperture smaller than mirror diameter)	concave hyperboloid
Victor M. Blanco Telescope	astroweb	Cerro Tololo, Chile	Cerro Tololo Inter-American Obs.	30° 10' S	convex hyperboloid	KPNO Optical Shop			ambient	Cer-Vit	2215 m	Horseshoe equatorial telescope	CTIO 4 meter	f/2.8, 8.0	4.001 m	Horseshoe equatorial		Western Gear Corp.	70° 49' W	equal to aperture (except for Schmidt which has aperture smaller than mirror diameter)	concave hyperboloid	1976