Telescope Information
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| IDENTIFIER |
urn:nasa:pds:context:telescope:las_campanas.magellan_baade_6m5::1.1
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| NAME |
Walter Baade Telescope at Las Campanas Observatory
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| DESCRIPTION |
The Walter Baade telescope is one of a twin pair (with the Landon T. Clay) located on Cerro Manqui at Las Campanas Observatory. The primary mirror is an f/1.25 parabaloid with a honeycomb internal structure to reduce weight. The telescope optics include active controls, including correction of low-order aberrations by controlling the figure of the primary mirror.
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| FACILITY |
Las Campanas Observatory
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| APERTURE |
6.5
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| LONGITUDE |
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| LATITUDE |
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| ALTITUDE |
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| COORIDINATE SOURCE |
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| INVESTIGATION(S) |
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| INSTRUMENT(S) |
Inamori Magellan Areal Camera and Spectrograh (IMACS)
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