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* Effective diameter (diameter of light affecting area)
*: 8.2 m (27 ft.)
* Thickness: 20 cm (7.9 inches)
* Weight: 22.8 metric tons (25.1 tons)
* Material: ULE (ultra-low thermal expansion glass)
* Mean Surface error: 14 nanometer (1/5,000,000 inch)
* Focal length: 15 m (49'2")

* Mounting: altitude-azimuth (Alt-Az)
* Basic Optics: Ritchey-Chretien System
* Height: 22.2 m (72 ft.)
* Maximum width: 27.2 m (89 ft.)
* Weight: 555 metric tons (612 tons)
* Foci: Four
-Primary focus : F2.0 (with corrector lens)
-Cassegrain focus : F12.2
-Nasmyth focus (optical) : F12.6
-Nasmyth focus (infrared) : F13.6
* Maximum slewing speed: 0.5 deg/sec
* Tracking accuracy without guiding: 0.1"
* Blind pointing accuracy: less than 1.0"
* Best angular resolution achieved: 0.2"
(without adaptive optics @ 2.15 μm)

* Altitude: 4139 m (13,580 ft.)
* Latitude: 19d 49m 32s N (based on NAD83)
* Longitude: 155d 28m 34s W (based on NAD83)

* Cylindrical enclosure rotating with the telescope
* Height: 43 m (141 ft.)
* Diameter at base: 40 m (131 ft.)
* Weight: 2000 metric tons (2205 tons)
* Outer wall: aluminum panels

Photos of Subaru Telescope and Enclosure

Subaru's Four Foci

 

Instruments
1) Prime Focus
Instruments designed to take advantage of the large field of view at prime focus

Subaru Prime Focus Camera (Suprime-Cam)
2) Nasmyth Focus (Optical)
Heavy instruments such as high resolution spectrographs

High Dispersion Spectrograph (HDS)
3) Nasmyth Focus (Infrared)

4) Cassegrain Focus

 



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