A 3.9-meter optical telescope at Siding Spring Observatory in New South Wales, completed in 1974 as a joint project of the United Kingdom and Australia and long the largest telescope in the Southern Hemisphere. It has been used for major spectroscopic sky surveys including the 2dF Galaxy Redshift Survey, which mapped the large-scale structure of the universe.
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Observatory TypeOptical telescope, equatorially mounted 2 LocationSiding Spring Observatory, Australia 2 MeasuresVisible light from Southern Hemisphere celestial objects 2 Operating PrincipleEquatorial mount telescope with an f/8 Cassegrain focus 2 Classification
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Introduction, description of telescope
a 3.9-metre equatorially mounted telescope
Introduction, location sentence
situated at the Siding Spring Observatory, Australia, at an altitude of a little over 1,100 m
History section, first light date
First light occurred on 27 April 1974
Introduction, observational capability sentence
allowing high-quality observations of the sky from the Southern Hemisphere
Structure and telescope section, Cassegrain focus sentence
one has a large secondary mirror giving an f/8 Cassegrain focus
Anglo-Australian Telescope, Wikipedia - lead section, observing band (optical)
In 2009, the telescope was ranked as having the fifth-highest-impact of the world's optical telescopes.
In Group: Optical Observatories of Africa and Oceania, Lead sentence
The Anglo-Australian Telescope (AAT) is a 3.9-metre equatorially mounted telescope operated by the Australian Astronomical Observatory and situated at the Siding Spring Observatory, Australia, at an altitude of a little over 1,100 m.
Operated By: Australian Astronomical Observatory, Article text: operator
The Anglo-Australian Telescope (AAT) is a 3.9-metre equatorially mounted telescope operated by the Australian Astronomical Observatory and situated at the Siding Spring Observatory, Australia, at an altitude of a little over 1,100 m.
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