Telescopes of the World
Large telescopes are found all over the
world. Most large telescopes are based on high mountaintops, where Earth's
atmosphere is thinner and does not interfere as much with light from distant
stars.
|
Telescope Name
|
Aperture
(m) |
Year of Startup
|
Observatory
|
|
Large Binocular Telescope
|
equivalent to 11.8 m (uses two 8.4-m primary mirrors)
|
2007
|
Mount Graham International Observatory
(Mount Graham, Arizona, United States)
|
|
Gran Telescopio Canarias
|
10.4
|
2006
|
Observatorio del Roque de los
Muchachos (La Palma, Canary Islands, Spain)
|
|
Southern African Large Telescope
(SALT)
|
~10.0
|
2005
|
South African Astronomical Observatory
(Sutherland, South Africa)
|
|
Keck I
|
10.0
|
1993
|
W.M. Keck Observatory (Mauna Kea,
Hawaii, United States)
|
|
Keck II
|
10.0
|
1996
|
W.M. Keck Observatory (Mauna Kea,
Hawaii, United States)
|
|
Hobby-Eberly Telescope (HET)
|
9.2
|
1999
|
McDonald Observatory (Mt. Fowlkes,
Texas, United States)
|
|
Subaru Telescope
|
8.2
|
1999
|
National Astronomical Observatory of
Japan (Mauna Kea, Hawaii, United States)
|
|
Antu1
|
8.2
|
1998
|
Very Large Telescope array (VLT)
(Cerro Paranal, Chile)
|
|
Kueyen1
|
8.2
|
1999
|
Very Large Telescope array (VLT)
(Cerro Paranal, Chile)
|
|
Melipal1
|
8.2
|
2000
|
Very Large Telescope array (VLT)
(Cerro Paranal, Chile)
|
|
Yepun1
|
8.2
|
2000
|
Very Large Telescope array (VLT)
(Cerro Paranal, Chile)
|
|
Frederick C. Gillett/Gemini North
|
8.1
|
2000
|
Gemini Observatory (Mauna Kea, Hawaii,
United States)
|
|
Gemini South
|
8.1
|
2001
|
Gemini Observatory (Cerra Pachon,
Chile)
|
|
Multiple Mirror Telescope (MMT)
|
6.5
|
2000
|
Fred Lawrence Whipple Observatory
(Mount Hopkins, Arizona, United States)
|
|
Walter Baade/Magellan I
|
6.5
|
2000
|
Las Campanas Observatory (La Serena,
Chile)
|
|
Landon Clay/Magellan II
|
6.5
|
2002
|
Las Campanas Observatory (La Serena,
Chile)
|
|
Bolshoi Teleskop Azimutalnyi (Bolshoi
Azimuthal Telescope)
|
6.0
|
1975
|
Special Astrophysical Observatory
(Nizhnij Arkhyz, Russia)
|
|
Large Zenith Telescope (LZT)
|
6.0
|
2004
|
University of British Columbia (UBC) Liquid-Mirror
Observatory (British Columbia, Canada)
|
|
Hale Telescope
|
5.1
|
1948
|
Palomar Observatory (Palomar Mountain,
California, United States)
|
|
1Each of these telescopes can be used separately or
as part of the Very Large Telescope array.
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