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United Kingdom Infrared Telescope

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Summary

United Kingdom Infrared Telescope is an infrared telescope[1]. It draws 63 Wikipedia views per month (infrared_telescope category, ranking #3 of 4).[2]

Key Facts

  • United Kingdom Infrared Telescope is located in Hawaii County[3].
  • United Kingdom Infrared Telescope is in the country of United States[4].
  • United Kingdom Infrared Telescope's instance of is recorded as infrared telescope[5].
  • United Kingdom Infrared Telescope is owned by Science and Technology Facilities Council[6].
  • United Kingdom Infrared Telescope's Commons category is recorded as United Kingdom Infrared Telescope[7].
  • United Kingdom Infrared Telescope's coordinate location is recorded as {'latitude': 19.8225, 'longitude': -155.47069444444}[8].
  • United Kingdom Infrared Telescope's coordinate location is recorded as {'latitude': 19.8225, 'longitude': -155.47069444444}[9].
  • United Kingdom Infrared Telescope's located in/on physical feature is recorded as Mauna Kea[10].
  • United Kingdom Infrared Telescope's service entry is recorded as October 1979[11].
  • United Kingdom Infrared Telescope's official website is recorded as https://about.ifa.hawaii.edu/ukirt/[12].
  • United Kingdom Infrared Telescope's short name is recorded as UKIRT[13].
  • United Kingdom Infrared Telescope's diameter is recorded as {'amount': '+3.8'}[14].
  • United Kingdom Infrared Telescope's wavelength is recorded as {'amount': '+30'}[15].

Why It Matters

United Kingdom Infrared Telescope draws 63 Wikipedia views per month (infrared_telescope category, ranking #3 of 4).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16] It is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]

Related Entities

United States

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [17] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6w ago · IdeasMagnet · 2026-09-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Official website → https://about.ifa.hawaii.edu/ukirt/
    Located in/on physical feature → Mauna Kea
    Located in → —
    Instance of → infrared telescope
    + 13 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Openstreetmap node id: 9015454542, Adding OSM node id claim from wikidata tag on node/9015454542 in United States"
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