- Some important ground-based optical telescopes
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▪ TableSome important ground-based optical telescopesname aperture (metres) type observatory location date observations beganGran Telescopio Canarias 10.4 reflector Roque de los Muchachos Observatory La Palma, Canary Islands, Spain 2007Southern African Large Telescope 11.1 × 9.8 reflector Sutherland, South Africa 2005Large Binocular Telescope 2 mirrors, each 8.4 reflector Mount Graham, Arizona 2008Subaru 8.3 reflector Mauna Kea, Hawaii 1999Antu, Kueyen, Melipal, Yepun 8.2, 8.2, 8.2, 8.2 reflector Very Large Telescope Cerro Paranal, Chile 1998, 1999, 2000, 2000Frederick C. Gillett Gemini North Telescope 8.1 reflector International Gemini Observatory Mauna Kea, Hawaii 2000Gemini South Telescope 8.1 reflector International Gemini Observatory Cerro Pachon, Chile 2000Walter Baade, Landon Clay 6.5, 6.5 reflector Magellan Telescopes Cerro Las Campanas, Chile 2000, 2002Bolshoi Teleskop 6 reflector Special Astrophysical Observatory Zelenchukskaya, Russia 1976William Herschel Telescope 4.2 reflector Roque de los Muchachos Observatory La Palma, Canary Islands, Spain 1987Victor M. Blanco Telescope 4 reflector Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory Cerro Tololo, Chile 1974Anglo-Australian Telescope 3.9 reflector Siding Spring Observatory (Mount Stromlo and Siding Spring Observatories) Siding Spring Mountain, New South Wales, Austl. 1974Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope 3.6 reflector Mauna Kea, Hawaii 19793.6 reflector La Silla Observatory La Silla, Chile 1977Samuel Oschin Telescope 1.2 reflector Palomar Observatory Mount Palomar, California 1948See as table:
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