Hobby–Eberly Telescope

Texan astronomy instrument
Product optical_telescope Q139605
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Hobby–Eberly Telescope

Summary

Hobby–Eberly Telescope is an optical telescope[1]. It draws 39 Wikipedia views per month (optical_telescope category, ranking #6 of 43).[2]

Key Facts

  • Hobby–Eberly Telescope is located in Jeff Davis County[3].
  • Hobby–Eberly Telescope is in the country of United States[4].
  • Hobby–Eberly Telescope's image is recorded as HET Dome.jpg[5].
  • Hobby–Eberly Telescope's continent is recorded as North America[6].
  • Hobby–Eberly Telescope's instance of is recorded as optical telescope[7].
  • Hobby–Eberly Telescope's instance of is recorded as segmented mirror[8].
  • Hobby–Eberly Telescope's instance of is recorded as building[9].
  • Hobby–Eberly Telescope's part of is recorded as McDonald Observatory[10].
  • Hobby–Eberly Telescope's Commons category is recorded as Hobby-Eberly Telescope[11].
  • Hobby–Eberly Telescope's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 30.681444444444, 'lon': -104.01472222222}[12].
  • Hobby–Eberly Telescope's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03g7gs[13].
  • Hobby–Eberly Telescope's located in/on physical feature is recorded as Davis Mountains[14].
  • Hobby–Eberly Telescope's service entry is recorded as +1996-12-10T00:00:00Z[15].
  • Hobby–Eberly Telescope's official website is recorded as https://mcdonaldobservatory.org/research/telescopes/HET[16].
  • Hobby–Eberly Telescope's official website is recorded as http://www.as.utexas.edu/mcdonald/het/het.html[17].
  • Hobby–Eberly Telescope's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/Hobby-Eberly-Telescope[18].
  • Hobby–Eberly Telescope's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'HET'}[19].
  • Hobby–Eberly Telescope's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+2030'}[20].
  • Hobby–Eberly Telescope's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q25343', 'amount': '+78.5'}[21].
  • Hobby–Eberly Telescope's focal length is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+13.08'}[22].
  • Hobby–Eberly Telescope's diameter is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+10'}[23].
  • Hobby–Eberly Telescope's diameter is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+1'}[24].
  • Hobby–Eberly Telescope's diameter is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+1'}[25].
  • Hobby–Eberly Telescope's angular resolution is recorded as {'unit': 'Q829073', 'amount': '+1.5'}[26].
  • Hobby–Eberly Telescope's maximum wavelength of sensitivity is recorded as {'unit': 'Q178674', 'amount': '+1800'}[27].

Why It Matters

Hobby–Eberly Telescope draws 39 Wikipedia views per month (optical_telescope category, ranking #6 of 43).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
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  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
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  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . doi.org. doi.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . mcdonaldobservatory.org. mcdonaldobservatory.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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