Facility Information
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| IDENTIFIER |
urn:nasa:pds:context:facility:observatory.irtf-maunakea::1.2
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| NAME |
Infrared Telescope Facility, Mauna Kea
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| TYPE |
Observatory
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| DESCRIPTION |
The NASA Infrared Telescope Facility (IRTF) is one of the telescopes comprising the Mauna Kea Observatories on the Big Island of Hawaii. The IRTF is a 3.2 meter telescope optimized for infrared observations, providing observations of planetary and solar neighborhood, as well as deep space applications. The observatory is operated and managed for NASA by the University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy, located in Honolulu. NASA provides the costs of operation and NSF provides funding for new focal plane instrumentation through the peer review process. Observing time is open to the entire astronomical community, and 50% of the IRTF observing time is reserved for studies of planetary sciences. For more information, see https://irtfweb.ifa.hawaii.edu/
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| ADDRESS |
Summit of Mauna Kea, C/O 640 N. Aohoku Place, #209, Hilo, HI 96720
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| COUNTRY |
United States
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| INVESTIGATION(S) |
Earth-based Observations of Uranus System Stellar Occultations
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| TELESCOPE(S) |
NASA Infrared Telescope Facility (IRTF) 3.2m Telescope
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