Kueyen

E189365

Kueyen is one of the four 8.2-meter Unit Telescopes of the Very Large Telescope array operated by the European Southern Observatory on Cerro Paranal in Chile.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf astronomical observatory instrument
optical telescope
alsoKnownAs UT2
altitudeApprox about 2600 metres above sea level
aperture 8.2 metres
arraySize one of four Unit Telescopes
belongsTo ESO Paranal site infrastructure
continent South America
country Chile
hasMirrorCount 1 primary mirror
hasNameOrigin Araucanian languages
surface form: Mapuche language
hasSisterTelescope Antu
Melipal
Yepun
locatedIn Atacama Desert
Chile
Paranal Observatory
locatedOn Paranal Observatory
surface form: Cerro Paranal
mirrorDiameter 8.2 metres
mountType altazimuth mount
namedAfter Moon (Mapuche deity or concept)
numberInArray Unit Telescope 2
observatoryCode Paranal Observatory
surface form: ESO Paranal (shared site code)
operator European Southern Observatory
organization European Southern Observatory
partOf Very Large Telescope
surface form: ESO VLT

Paranal Observatory
surface form: Paranal Observatory telescope facilities

Very Large Telescope
surface form: VLT Unit Telescope array

Very Large Telescope
primaryMirrorDiameter 8.2 metres
sciencePurpose astronomical observation
astrophysics research
telescopeType Ritchey–Chrétien reflector
surface form: Ritchey–Chrétien telescope

reflecting telescope
usedFor high-resolution astronomy
imaging
spectroscopy
wavelengthRange near-infrared
visible light

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