Carlsberg Meridian Telescope

Carlsberg Meridian Telescope
Part of Roque de los Muchachos Observatory. The Carlsberg Meridian Telescope is housed in the low building on the bottom left.
Observatory Roque de los Muchachos Observatory Edit this on Wikidata
Location(s) Spain Edit this at Wikidata
Coordinates 28°45′36″N 17°52′57″W / 28.75999°N 17.88243°W / 28.75999; -17.88243Coordinates: 28°45′36″N 17°52′57″W / 28.75999°N 17.88243°W / 28.75999; -17.88243 Edit this at Wikidata
First light May 1984 Edit this on Wikidata
Decommissioned 1 September 2013 Edit this on Wikidata
Telescope style Optical telescope
Refracting telescope Edit this on Wikidata
Diameter 17.8 cm (7.0 in) Edit this at Wikidata
Focal length 266 cm (8 ft 9 in) Edit this at Wikidata
Website www.ast.cam.ac.uk/ioa/research/cmt/ Edit this at Wikidata
Location of Carlsberg Meridian Telescope

The Carlsberg Meridian Telescope (formerly the Carlsberg Automatic Meridian Circle) is located at Roque de los Muchachos Observatory in the Canary Islands. It is a meridian circle that is dedicated to carrying out high-precision optical astrometry. It is now decommissioned and its last night of observing was on 2013/09/01.

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