Melipal

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Melipal is one of the Unit Telescopes of the Very Large Telescope array at ESO’s Paranal Observatory in Chile, used for advanced optical and infrared astronomical observations.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Infrared telescope
Optical telescope
Unit Telescope
altitude about 2635 metres
belongsTo ESO Very Large Telescope programme
commissionedBy European Southern Observatory
continent South America
country Chile
hasAlternativeName VLT UT3
Very Large Telescope Unit Telescope 3
hasApertureDiameter 8.2 metres
820 centimetres
hasMirrorDiameter 8.2 metres
hasPrimaryMirrorShape Concave hyperbolic
hasSecondaryMirrorShape Convex hyperbolic
isOneOf Four VLT Unit Telescopes
locatedIn Atacama Desert
Chile
Paranal Observatory
locatedOn Cerro Paranal
linked to: Paranal Observatory
mountType Altazimuth mount
nameMeaning Southern Cross
nameOrigin Mapuche language
neighboringTelescopes Antu
Kueyen
Yepun
observatoryCode Paranal Observatory
operator European Southern Observatory
partOf ESO Paranal Observatory facilities
linked to: Paranal Observatory

VLT array
Very Large Telescope
telescopeNumber UT3
telescopeType Ritchey–Chrétien telescope
usedFor Astronomical observations
High-resolution imaging
Infrared astronomy
Interferometry with other VLT Unit Telescopes
Optical astronomy
Spectroscopy
wavelengthRange Near-infrared
Optical

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