Vacuum Tower Telescope
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For the vacuum tower telescope at Sacramento Peak, see Richard B. Dunn Solar Telescope.
The Vacuum Tower Telescope is an evacuated-optics solar telescope located at the Teide Observatory on Tenerife in the Canary Islands. It is operated by the Kiepenheuer-Institut für Sonnenphysik (KIS).[1][2]
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Part of | Teide Observatory |
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Location(s) | Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain |
Coordinates | 28°18′08″N 16°30′36″W |
Organization | Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam Leibniz Institute for Solar Physics Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research |
First light | 1988 |
Telescope style | optical telescope solar telescope |
Diameter | 70 cm (2 ft 4 in) |
Focal length | 46 m (150 ft 11 in) |
Mounting | altazimuth mount |
Enclosure | turret |
Website | www |
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It was built between 1983 and 1986, with first light in 1988.[3] It has a 70-centimetre (28-inch) diameter primary mirror and a focal length of 46 metres (151 ft). Thanks to an adaptive optics system KAOS (Kiepenheuer-institute Adaptive Optic System), in operation since spring 2000,[4][5] it is able to resolve details down to 0.2 arc seconds (150 km) on the Sun's surface.[6][7][8]