List of optical telescopes
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Several hundred more observatories (many optical) are listed here.
| Name | Abbreviation | Remarks | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anglo-Australian Observatory | AAO | 3.9 metre Anglo-Australian Telescope, ANU's Siding Spring 2.3 m Telescope, 1.2 metre UK Schmidt Telescope | Coonabarabran, New South Wales (Australia) |
| David Dunlap Observatory | DDO | Richmond Hill, Ontario (Canada) | |
| McDonald Observatory | 9.2m Hobby-Eberly Telescope, 2.7m Harlan J. Smith Telescope, 2.1m Otto Struve Telescope | Davis Mountains, 450 miles west of Austin, Texas (USA) | |
| Infrared Optical Telescope Array | IOTA | Amado, Arizona (USA) | |
| European Extremely Large Telescope (E-ELT) | ELT | 30-60m optical telescope (planned), by the European Southern Observatory | Not decided yet |
| California Extremely Large Telescope | ELT | 30-60m optical telescope (planned), by Californian Universities | Not decided yet |
| Giant Magellan Telescope | GMT | 25m optical telescope (planned) | Not decided yet |
| Euro 50 | EURO50 | 50m optical telescope (planned), cooperation from
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Roque de los Muchachos Observatory, La Palma (Canary Islands) |
| Keck Telescopes | Keck | Two 10m optical/infrared telescopes (occasionally used as an astronomical interferometer) | Mauna Kea, Hawaii (USA) |
| Magdalena Ridge Observatory Interferometer | MRO | Astronomical interferometer which will have up to ten telescopes, providing the highest resolution optical images in the world | Magdalena Ridge, New Mexico (USA) |
| Nordic Optical Telescope | NOT | 2.6m optical/infrared telescope. | Canary Islands, Spain |
| Overwhelmingly Large Telescope | OWL | Conceptual design of a segmented mirror telescope with a single aperture of 100 meters in diameter. | Still on research status. |
| Thirty meter telescope | TMT | Conceptual design of a segmented mirror telescope with a single aperture of 30 meters in diameter. | Still on research status. |
| Southern African Large Telescope | SALT | At 11m, the biggest telescope in the southern hemisphere of the Earth. | Karoo, South Africa |
| Very Large Telescope | VLT | Four separate 8m optical/infrared telescopes (occasionally used as an astronomical interferometer). | Paranal Observatory, Chile |
| William Herschel Telescope | WHT | 4.2m optical/infrared telescope. | Canary Islands, Spain |
| Group 70 | LAT | 1.8m (70 inch) Amateur telescope, under development | TBD, California (USA) |
[edit] See also
- Category:Telescopes for a complete list of optical telescopes
- Optical telescope
- List of observatories
