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3-meter Shane Reflector at Lick. Featured in Maxwell House ad a few years ago… Has been used for most of the newly discovered extrasolar planets. McDonald Observatory (UT-Austin) 2.7-meter. Good public program, too. McDonald Observatory’s Hobby-Eberly 9.2-meter. Segmented mirror design.
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3-meter Shane Reflector at Lick Featured in Maxwell House ad a few years ago… Has been used for most of the newly discovered extrasolar planets
McDonald Observatory (UT-Austin) 2.7-meter Good public program, too.
McDonald Observatory’s Hobby-Eberly 9.2-meter Segmented mirror design
Kitt Peak National Observatory Mayal 4-m Wynn • Near Tucson • Tax supported with other consortia, too • Nice public program • Tucson: good lighting McMath solar telescope
The MMT … Originally separate mirrors as shown here Whole building rotates Operated by the Smithsonian Institution, founded with funds from British scientist James Smithson, who bequeathed his fortune to America for the creation of an institute for the “increase and diffusion of knowledge.” Now looks like ….
Mauna Kea , Hawaii – Keck, Gemini, Suabaru, NASA, and others
European Southern Observatory (Chile) Why the shift to southern hemisphere? VLT 4 8-ms
SOAR Telescope UNC-CH and others How’s it coming?...
Russian 6-m • Nasmyth focus platforms • Problems: 17-ton mirror has thermal time constant of a few days; location based on politics. • Note alt-az mount