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Palomar 60-inch Telescope

(P60, Palomar 1.5 m Telescope)
(60 inch telescope at Palomar Observatory)

The Palomar 60-inch Telescope is a 60-inch (1.5 m) reflector telescope at Palomar Observatory in southern California. It was added to the observatory to help meet the demand for telescope time, beginning operation in 1970. It is currently automated, hosting the SEDM (for Spectral Energy Distribution Machine) spectrograph, which automatically follows up on transients discovered by the Zwicky Transient Facility (ZTF).


(telescope,ground,visible light,reflector,California,automated)
Further reading:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palomar_Observatory#Telescopes_and_instruments
http://www.astro.caltech.edu/palomar/about/telescopes/60-inch.html
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2006PASP..118.1396C/abstract

Referenced by pages:
CorMASS
Palomar Observatory

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