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Organization | Group 70 |
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Location | TBD Northern California |
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Wavelength regime | Optical & IR |
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Completion date | TBD |
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Webpage | http://group70.org |
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Physical Characteristics |
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Telescope Style | Nasmyth Cassegrain |
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Diameter | 1.8 meters, 5.8 feet, 70 inches |
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Collecting Area | 2.5 m2, 26.7 ft2, 3848 in2 |
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Focal Length | 5.05 meters, 16.5 feet, 199 inches |
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Focal Ratio | f2.8 |
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Mounting | Alt Azimuth |
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Dome | TBD |
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is a
Non-profit Education al organization comprised of people from many countries all around the world and many walks of life seeking to make the beauty of
Astronomy available to the peoples of the world.
They began in
1988 with the goal of building a large
Amateur Telescope , a 70 inch (1.8 m)
Astronomical Instrument . Upon completion it would be the largest telescope in the world built by and for those who do not have access to large institution-run observatories. Beyond building a large aperture telescope, they offer related instrumentation and services to those in amateur, professional and educational fields of astronomy.
