Instrument Host Overview                                                    
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    Operational 1963+                                                         
                                                                              
    GROUP                        = OBSERVATORY_PARAMETERS                     
      OBSERVATORY_ID             = 'OBS240'                                   
      NAME                       = 'ARECIBO OBSERVATORY'                      
      COUNTRY                    = 'USA'                                      
      ADDRESS                    = 'National Astronomy and Ionosphere Center; 
                                    P.O. Box 995, Arecibo'                    
    END_GROUP                    = OBSERVATORY_PARAMETERS                     
                                                                              
    GROUP                        = TELESCOPE_PARAMETERS                       
      TELESCOPE_ID               = 'T1'                                       
      NAME                       = '305-M FIXED SPHERICAL REFLECTING ANTENNA' 
      APERTURE                   = 305                                
      LONGITUDE                  =  -66.753082 /* -66 45 11.10 E */           
      LATITUDE                   =   18.343500 /* +18 20 36.6 */              
      ALTITUDE                   = 496                                
      COORDINATE_TYPE            = 'Geodetic - North American (1927) datum'   
    END_GROUP                    = TELESCOPE_PARAMETERS