Melipal

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Infrared telescope Optical telescope Unit Telescope

Melipal is one of the Unit Telescopes of the Very Large Telescope array at ESO’s Paranal Observatory in Chile, used for advanced optical and infrared astronomical observations.

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Label Occurrences
Melipal canonical 5

Statements (41)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Infrared telescope ⓘ
Optical telescope ⓘ
Unit Telescope ⓘ
altitude about 2635 metres ⓘ
belongsTo ESO Very Large Telescope programme ⓘ
commissionedBy European Southern Observatory ⓘ
continent South America ⓘ
country Chile ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Very Large Telescope ⓘ
surface form: VLT UT3

Very Large Telescope ⓘ
surface form: Very Large Telescope Unit Telescope 3
hasApertureDiameter 8.2 metres ⓘ
820 centimetres ⓘ
hasMirrorDiameter 8.2 metres ⓘ
hasPrimaryMirrorShape Concave hyperbolic ⓘ
hasSecondaryMirrorShape Convex hyperbolic ⓘ
isOneOf Very Large Telescope ⓘ
surface form: Four VLT Unit Telescopes
locatedIn Atacama Desert ⓘ
Chile ⓘ
Paranal Observatory ⓘ
locatedOn Paranal Observatory ⓘ
surface form: Cerro Paranal
mountType Altazimuth mount ⓘ
nameMeaning Southern Cross ⓘ
nameOrigin Araucanian languages ⓘ
surface form: Mapuche language
neighboringTelescopes Antu ⓘ
Kueyen ⓘ
Yepun ⓘ
observatoryCode Paranal Observatory ⓘ
operator European Southern Observatory ⓘ
partOf Paranal Observatory ⓘ
surface form: ESO Paranal Observatory facilities

Very Large Telescope ⓘ
surface form: VLT array

Very Large Telescope ⓘ
telescopeNumber UT3 ⓘ
telescopeType Ritchey–Chrétien telescope ⓘ
usedFor Astronomical observations ⓘ
High-resolution imaging ⓘ
Infrared astronomy ⓘ
Interferometry with other VLT Unit Telescopes ⓘ
Optical astronomy ⓘ
Spectroscopy ⓘ
wavelengthRange Near-infrared ⓘ
Optical ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Paranal Observatory → hasTelescope → Melipal ⓘ
Very Large Telescope → unitTelescopeName → Melipal ⓘ
Yepun → hasSisterTelescopes → Melipal ⓘ
SPHERE → telescopeUnitName → Melipal ⓘ
Kueyen → hasSisterTelescope → Melipal ⓘ