Anglo-Australian Telescope

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The Anglo-Australian Telescope is a major 3.9-metre optical telescope in New South Wales, Australia, renowned for its contributions to galactic and extragalactic astronomy.

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instanceOf optical telescope ⓘ
abbreviation AAT ⓘ
altitude approximately 1165 metres ⓘ
apertureDiameter 3.9 metres ⓘ
390 centimetres ⓘ
collaboration Anglo-Australian collaboration ⓘ
constructionCompleted early 1970s ⓘ
country Australia ⓘ
designedBy Freeman Fox & Partners ⓘ
formerOperator UK Science and Engineering Research Council ⓘ
fundedBy Australia ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
governingBody Australian Astronomical Observatory ⓘ
hasDome cylindrical concrete tower with rotating dome ⓘ
hasFocalStations Cassegrain focus ⓘ
coudé focus ⓘ
prime focus ⓘ
hemisphere Southern Hemisphere ⓘ
instrument 2dF multi-object spectrograph ⓘ
AAOmega spectrograph ⓘ
HERMES spectrograph ⓘ
IRIS2 near-infrared imager and spectrograph ⓘ
UCLES echelle spectrograph ⓘ
linked to: UCLES spectrograph
knownFor Milky Way structure mapping ⓘ
large galaxy redshift surveys ⓘ
stellar abundance studies ⓘ
locatedIn Australia ⓘ
New South Wales ⓘ
location Siding Spring Observatory ⓘ
mirrorMaterial glass ⓘ
mountType equatorial mount ⓘ
name Anglo-Australian Telescope ⓘ
notableFor multi-object spectroscopy ⓘ
opened 1974 ⓘ
operatedBy Anglo-Australian Observatory ⓘ
Australian Astronomical Observatory ⓘ
ownedBy Australian Government ⓘ
partOf Siding Spring Observatory complex ⓘ
primaryMirrorType parabolic mirror ⓘ
primaryScience cosmology ⓘ
extragalactic astronomy ⓘ
galactic astronomy ⓘ
status operational ⓘ
telescopeType equatorial-mounted telescope ⓘ
optical reflecting telescope ⓘ
wavelengthRange near-infrared ⓘ
optical ⓘ

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Sagittarius Stream → discoveredUsing → Anglo-Australian Telescope ⓘ
Coonabarabran → near → Siding Spring Observatory ⓘ
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Coonabarabran → near → Anglo-Australian Telescope ⓘ
Anglo-Australian Telescope → name → Anglo-Australian Telescope ⓘ
UCLES spectrograph → usedOn → Anglo-Australian Telescope ⓘ
UCLES spectrograph → locatedAt → Anglo-Australian Telescope ⓘ
UCLES spectrograph → mountedAt → Coudé focus of the Anglo-Australian Telescope ⓘ
linked to: Anglo-Australian Telescope
UCLES spectrograph → operatedBy → Anglo-Australian Telescope facility ⓘ
linked to: Anglo-Australian Telescope