Table : APPENDIX S LARGEST OPTICAL TELESCOPES IN THE WORLD

Aperture (m)

Name

Location

Altitude (m)

10.4

Gran Telescopio Cararias

La Palma, Canary Islands, Spain

2400

10

Keck I

Mauna Kea, Hawaii

4123

10

Keck II

Mauna Kea, Hawaii

4123

10

SALT

Sutherland, South Africa

1759

9.2

Hobby-Eberly

Mt. Fowlkes, Texas

2072

8.4 × 2

Large Binocular Telescope

Mt. Graham, Arizona

3170

8.3

Subaru

Mauna Kea, Hawaii

4100

8.2

Antu

Cerro Paranal, Chile

2635

8.2

Kueyen

Cerro Paranal, Chile

2635

8.2

Melipal

Cerro Paranal, Chile

2635

8.2

Tepun

Cerro Paranal, Chile

2635

8.1

Gemini North (Gillett)

Mauna Kea, Hawaii

4100

8.1

Gemini South

Cerro Pachon, Chile

2737

6.5

MMT

Mt. Hopkins, Arizona

2600

6.5

Walter Baade

La Serena, Chile

2282

6.5

Landon Clay

La Serena, Chile

2282

6

Bolshoi Teleskop Azimutalnyi

Nizhny Arkhyz, Russia

2070

6

LZT

British Columbia, Canada

395

5

Hale

Palomar Mtn., California

1900

4.2

William Herschel

La Palma, Canary Islands, Spain

2400

4.2

SOAR

Cerro Pachon, Chile

2738

4.2

LAMOST

Xinglong Station, China

950

4

Victor Blanco

Cerro Tololo, Chile

2200

3.9

Anglo-Australian

Coonabarabran, Australia

1100

3.8

Mayall

Kitt Peak, Arizona

2100

3.8

UKIRT

Mauna Kea, Hawaii

4200

3.7

AEOS

Maui, Hawaii

3058

3.6

“360”

Cerro La Silla, Chile

2400

3.6

Canada-France-Hawaii

Mauna Kea, Hawaii

4200

3.6

Telescopio Nazionale Galileo

La Palma, Canary Islands, Spain

2387

3.5

MPI-CAHA

Calar Alto, Spain

2200

3.5

New Techonology

Cerro La Silla, Chile

2400

3.5

ARC

Apache Point, New Mexico

2788

3.5

WIYN

Kitt Peak, Arizona

2100

3.5

Starfire

Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico

1900

3

Shane

Mt. Hamilton, California

1300

3

NASA IRTF

Mauna Kea, Hawaii

4160

2.7

Harlan Smith

Mt. Locke, Texas

2100

2.6

BAO

Byurakan, Armenia

1405

2.6

Shajn

Crimea, Ukraine

600

2.5

Hooker

Mt. Wilson, California

1700

2.5

Isaac Newton

La Palma, Canary Islands, Spain

2382

2.5

Nordic Optical

La Palma, Canary Islands, Spain

2382

2.5

duPont

La Serena, Chile

2282

2.5

Sloan Digital Sky Survey

Apache Point, New Mexico

2788

2.4

Hiltner

Kitt Peak, Arizona

2100

2.4

Lijiang

Lijiang City, China

3250

2.4

Hubble Space Telescope

Low Earth orbit

6 × 105

2.3

WIRO

Jelm Mtn., Wyoming

2900

2.3

ANU

Coonabarabran, Australia

1100

2.3

Bok

Kitt Peak, Arizona

2100

2.3

Vainu Bappu

Kavalur, India

700

2.3

Aristarchos

Mt. Helmos, Greece

2340

2.2

ESO-MPI

Cerro La Silla, Chile

2335

2.2

MPI-CAHA

Calar Alto, Spain

2200

2.2

UH

Mauna Kea, Hawaii

4200

2.1

Kitt Peak 2.1 meter

Kitt Peak, Arizona

2100

2.1

Otto Struve

Davis Mountains, Texas

2070

2.1

UNAM

San Pedro, Mexico

2800

2.1

Jorge Sahade

El Leoncito, Argentina

2552

2

Himalayan Chandra

Hanle, India

4517

2

Alfred Jensch Teleskop

Tautenburg, Germany

 

2

Carl Zeiss Jena

Azerbaijan

 

2

Ondrejov

Ondrejov, Czech Republic

 

2

RCC

Chepelare, Bulgaria

 

2

Bernard Lyot

Pic du Midi, France

2877

2

Faulkes Telescope North

Haleakala, Maui, Hawaii

3050

2

Faulkes Telescope South

Siding Springs, Australia

3822

2

MAGNUM

Haleakala, Maui, Hawaii

3058

1.0 (× 6)

CHARA Array

Mt. Wilson, California

1700