ASIAGO ASTROPHYSICAL OBSERVATORY        
        COPERNICO 1.82M TELESCOPE
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  Instrument Host Overview                                                    
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    The Asiago 1.82m telescope, inaugurated in 1973 and dedicated to N.       
    Copernicus, is a classic Cassegrain reflector. It is the main observing   
    facility at the observing site of Cima Ekar (1350m) of the Asiago         
    Astrophysical Observatory.                                                
                                                                              
    GROUP                        = OBSERVATORY_PARAMETERS                     
      OBSERVATORY_ID             = 'OBS157'                                   
      NAME                       = 'ASIAGO ASTROPHYSICAL OBSERVATORY'         
      COUNTRY                    = 'ITALY'                                    
      ADDRESS                    = 'Padua University;                         
                                    Via dell'Osservatorio 8, I-36012 Asiago'  
    END_GROUP                    = OBSERVATORY_PARAMETERS                     
                                                                              
    GROUP                        = TELESCOPE_PARAMETERS                       
      TELESCOPE_ID               = 'T4'                                       
      NAME                       = 'COPERNICO 1.82M TELESCOPE'                
      APERTURE                   = 1.82 <METERS>                              
      LONGITUDE                  =   11.571400 /* +11 34 17.04 E */           
      LATITUDE                   =   45.843400 /* +45 50 36.2 */              
      ALTITUDE                   = 1350 <METERS>                              
      COORDINATE_TYPE            = 'Astronomical'                             
    END_GROUP                    = TELESCOPE_PARAMETERS