Contemporaries On Commissioning
In the heat of a Cold War, the ESO 3.6 m took its place among giant eyes old and new.
Largest telescopes in 1976:
# | Name / Observatory |
Image | Aperture | M1 Area |
Altitude | First Light |
Special advocate |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | BTA-6 Special Astrophysical Obs |
238 inch 605 cm |
26 m2 | 2070 m (6791 ft) |
1975 | Mstislav Keldysh | |
2 | Hale Telescope Palomar Obs. |
200 inch 508 cm |
20 m2 | 1713 m (5620 ft) |
1949 | George Ellery Hale | |
3 | Mayall Telescope Kitt Peak National Obs. |
158 inch 401 cm |
10 m2 | 2120 m (6955 ft) |
1973 | Nicholas Mayall | |
4 | CTIO 4m/Blanco Telescope CTIO Obs. |
158 inch 401 cm |
10 m2 | 2200 m 7217 feet |
1976 | Nicholas Mayall | |
5 | Anglo-Australian Telescope Siding Spring Obs. |
153 inch 389 cm |
m2 | 1742 m (5715 ft) |
1974 | Prince Charles | |
6 | ESO 3.6 Telescope ESO La Silla Obs. |
140 inch 357 cm |
8.8 m2 | 2400 m (7874 ft) |
1976 | Adriaan Blaauw | |
7 | Shane Telescope Lick Observatory |
120 inch 305 cm |
m2 | 1283 m (4209 ft) |
1959 | Nicholas Mayall |
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