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Anglo-Australian Telescope, P-K

Anglo-Australian Telescope

Anglo-Australian Telescope, P-K

Anglo-Australian Telescope

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3.9 m equatorially mounted telescope, the largest optical telescope in Australia. Located at the Siding Spring Observatory, New South Wales at an altitude of a little over 1100 m. In 2009, the telescope was ranked as the fifth highest-impact of the world's optical telescopes. In 2001-2003, it was considered the most scientifically productive 4 metre-class optical telescope in the world based on scientific publications using data from the telescope. Includes the Two Degree Field facility (2dF), a robotic optical fibre positioner for obtaining spectroscopy of up to 400 objects over a 2° field of view simultaneously.

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Anglo-Australian Telescope, P-K