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altazimuth telescope
subject			fact

altazimuth telescope	has mounting altazimuth
	has definition A form of mounting similar to that of a radar which allows the telescope tube to be moved horizontally (by rotation in azimuth or compass direction) and vertically (by rotation in altitude or elevation). To follow a star the telescope must be adjusted simultaneously in both axes. (also called alt-az)
	is a kind of Earth based telescope
Earth based telescope	has mounting manufacturer the person, company or institution that constructed the mounting
	has longitude in degrees, minutes, seconds (E or W)
	has latitude in degrees, minutes, seconds (N or S)
	has altitude height above sea level in meters
	has temperature ambient
telescope	has wavelength sensitivity
	has angular resolving power
	has effective diameter
	has aperture
	has focal ratio
	has operator
	has purpose observe celestial objects
	has location
artifact	has creator
	has creation date
	has owner
physical object	has angular momentum
	has mass
	has velocity
	has momentum
	has volume
	has extent
	has material

Kinds of altazimuth telescope :

• Astrophysical Research Consortium Telescope (14 facts) (ARC 3.5 m)
• Bol'shoi Teleskop Azimutal'nyi (16 facts) (6 m)
• Gemini Telescope North (12 facts)
• Gemini Telescope South (12 facts)
• Gran Telescopio Canarias (14 facts) (GTC)
• Hobby-Eberly Telescope (16 facts)
• Keck (2 kinds, 27 facts)
• Large Binocular Telescope (15 facts) (LBT)
• Magellan Project (17 facts) (Magellan I)
• MMT Telescope (15 facts)
• Mount Stromlo 2.3-meter (14 facts)
• New Technology Telescope (15 facts) (NTT)
• Nordic Optical Telescope (15 facts) (NOT)
• Sloan Digital Sky Survey Telescope (14 facts) (Sloan 2.5 m, SDSS)
• Southern African Large Telescope (15 facts) (SALT)
• Subaru Telescope (14 facts) (Subaru)
• Telescopio Nazionale Galileo (14 facts) (Galileo)
• Very Large Telescope (20 facts) (VLT)
• William Herschel Telescope (16 facts) (WHT)
• Wisconsin-Indiana-Yale-NOAO Telescope (16 facts) (WIYN 3.5 m)

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