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Home › Science › Astronomy › Tools and Measurements › Large Reflector Telescopes

Large Reflector Telescopes

This is a list of the nineteen large reflector telescopes, arranged by diameter, largest first. Telescopes constructed after 1995 have not been included.




Telescope Observatory Location Diameter Year
Established
Keck 1 W. M. Keck Mauna Kea, Hawaii, USA 9.82 m
32.31 ft
1991
Bol’shoi Telescop
Azimutal’nyi
Special Astrophysical Mt. Pastukhov, Russia 6.0 m
19.74 ft
1975
George Ellery Hale Palomar Mt. Palomar, California, USA 5.08 m
16.71 ft
1948
Multiple Mirror MMT Mt. Hopkins, Arizona, USA 4.5 m
14.81 ft
1979
William Herschel Roque de Los Muchachos La Palma, Canary Islands 4.2 m
13.82 ft
1987
4-meter Cerro Tololo Inter-American Cerro Tololo, Chile 4 m
13.16 ft
1976
Anglo-Australian Anglo-Australian Siding Spring, New South Wales, Australia 3.89 m
12.8 ft
1975
Nicholas Mayall Kitt Peak National Kitt Peak, Arizona, USA 3.81
12.53 ft
1973
United Kingdom Infrared Joint Astronomy Centre Mauna Loa, Hawaii, USA 3.8 m
12.5 ft
1978
Canada-France-Hawaii Canada-France-Hawaii
Telescope Corporation
Mauna Loa, Hawaii, USA 3.58 m
11.78 ft
1979
ESO 3.6-meter European Southern La Silla, Chile 3.57 m
11.75 ft
1977
3.5-meter Observatorio de Calar Alto Calar Alto, Spain 3.5 m
11.52 ft
1984
New Technology European Southern La Silla, Chile 3.5 m
11.52 ft
1989
Starfire Optical Range Kirtland Kirtland AFB, New Mexico, USA 3.5 m
11.52 ft
1994
Astrophysical Research Consortium 3.5-meter Apache Point Sunspot, New Mexico, USA 3.5 m
11.52 ft
1994
Wisconsin-Indiana-Yale-NOAO WIYN Kitt Peak, Arizona, USA 3.5 m
11.52 ft
1994
Donald Shane Lick Mount Hamilton, California, USA 3.05 m
10.03 ft
1959
NASA Infrared Mauna Kea Mauna Kea, Hawaii, USA 3 m
9.87 ft
1979




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