名稱
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縮寫
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註記
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位置
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澳洲天文台
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AAO
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3.9公尺的英澳望遠鏡、澳洲國立大學的賽丁泉2.3米望遠鏡, 1.2公尺的英國史密特攝星鏡
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Coonabarabran, 新南威爾斯(澳洲)
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大衛鄧力普天文台
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DDO
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加拿大安大略省李奇蒙丘
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麥克唐納天文台
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9.2m Hobby-Eberly Telescope, 2.7m Harlan J. Smith Telescope, 2.1m Otto Struve Telescope
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Davis Mountains, 450 miles west of 奥斯汀, Texas(USA)
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Infrared Optical Telescope Array
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IOTA
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Amado, 亚利桑那州(USA)
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歐洲極大望遠鏡
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E-ELT
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30-60m optical telescope(planned),by the 欧洲南方天文台
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智利阿馬索內斯山
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California Extremely Large Telescope
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G-ELT
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30-60m optical telescope(planned),by Californian Universities
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Not decided yet
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巨型麥哲倫望遠鏡
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GMT
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25m optical telescope(planned)
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智利拉斯坎帕纳斯天文台
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EURO50
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50m optical telescope(planned),cooperation from
- Tuorla Observatory, Finland
- Department of Physics, National University of Ireland
- Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias, Spain
- Lund Observatory, Sweden
- Optical Science Laboratory, University College London, UK
- National Physical Laboratory, UK
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Roque de los Muchachos Observatory, La Palma(加那利群岛)
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Keck Telescopes
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Keck
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Two 10m optical/infrared telescopes(occasionally used as an astronomical interferometer)
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Mauna Kea, Hawaii(USA)
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Magdalena Ridge Observatory Interferometer
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MRO
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Astronomical interferometer which will have up to ten telescopes, providing the highest resolution optical images in the world
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Magdalena Ridge, New Mexico(USA)
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Nordic Optical Telescope
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NOT
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2.6m optical/infrared telescope.
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加那利群岛, Spain
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Overwhelmingly Large Telescope
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OWL
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Conceptual design of a segmented mirror telescope with a single aperture of 100 meters in diameter.
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Still on research status.
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30公尺望遠鏡
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TMT
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Conceptual design of a segmented mirror telescope with a single aperture of 30 meters in diameter.
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仍在研究階段
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南非大望遠鏡
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SALT
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在地球的南半球上最大的望遠鏡,口徑相當於11公尺
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在非洲南非共和國的乾旱台地
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非常巨大望遠鏡
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VLT
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四架獨立的8公尺光學/紅外線望遠鏡(經常併聯成為干涉儀用於天文觀測
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智利的Paranal天文台
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威廉·赫協爾望遠鏡
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WHT
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4.2公尺光學/紅外線望遠鏡
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西班牙的卡納利島
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LAT
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研發中的1.8公尺(70英吋)業餘望遠鏡
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美國加利福尼亞州的TBD)
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