Template:Infobox Telescope/doc

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This is a documentation subpage for Template:Infobox Telescope (see that page for the template itself).
It contains usage information, categories and other content that is not part of the original template page.
For space-based telescopes, use {{Infobox Space telescope}}.

Contents

[edit] Usage

{{Infobox Telescope
|name         = 
|background   =   <!--(background color for name)-->
|image        =   <!--(use full wikicode)-->
|caption      = 
|organization = 
|location     = 
|coords       = 
|altitude     = 
|weather      = 
|wavelength   = 
|built        = 
|first_light  =
|website      = 
|style        = 
|diameter     = 
|angular_resolution = 
|area         = 
|focal_length = 
|mounting     = 
|dome         = 
}}

[edit] Parameters

Parameters in bold are required.

Parameter Description
name Telescope's name.
background Background color for name.
image Picture of the telescope (use full wikicode).
caption Picture caption (if necessary).
organization Organization responsible for telescope.
location Telescope's location.
coords Telescope's coordinates. Use {{coord}} with display=inline,title.
altitude Height of the telescope above sea-level. Use meters.
weather Average weather conditions at the telescope.
wavelength Wavelengths on which the telescope operates.
built Dates of construction.
first_light Date of telescope's first (celestial) observation.
style Telescope's style (type).
diameter Telescope's diameter.
angular_resolution Telescope's angular resolution.
area Telescope's collecting area.
focal_length Telescope's focal length.
mounting Telescope's mounting.
dome Information about the telescope's dome.
website The URL of the telescope's website.

[edit] Coordinates

For coordinates, use {{coord}} with display=inline,title. Please do not be overly precise.

[edit] Microformat

The HTML mark up produced by this template includes an hCard microformat, which makes the place-name and location parsable by computers, either acting automatically to catalogue article across Wikipedia, or via a browser tool operated by a person, to (for example) add the subject to an address book. Within the hCard is a Geo microformat, which additionally makes the coordinates (latitude & longitude) parsable, so that they can be, say, looked up on a map, or downloaded to a GPS unit. For more information about the use of microformats on Wikipedia, please see the microformat project.

hCard uses HTML classes including:

  • "adr"
  • "county-name"
  • "fn"
  • "label"
  • "locality"
  • "nickname"
  • "note"
  • "org"
  • "region"
  • "street-address"
  • "vcard"

Geo is produced by calling {{coord}}, and uses HTML classes:

  • "geo"
  • "latitude"
  • "longitude"

Please do not rename or remove these classes.

When giving coordinates, please don't be overly precise.