PALOMAR OBSERVATORY 1.52-M              
        RITCHEY-CHRETIEN CASSEGRAIN/COUDE REFLECTOR
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  Instrument Host Overview                                                    
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    Operational 1970+                                                         
                                                                              
    GROUP                        = OBSERVATORY_PARAMETERS                     
      OBSERVATORY_ID             = 'OBS347'                                   
      NAME                       = 'PALOMAR OBSERVATORY'                      
      COUNTRY                    = 'USA'                                      
      ADDRESS                    = 'Palomar Mountain, California'             
    END_GROUP                    = OBSERVATORY_PARAMETERS                     
                                                                              
    GROUP                        = TELESCOPE_PARAMETERS                       
      TELESCOPE_ID               = 'T3'                                       
      NAME                       = '1.52-M RITCHEY-CHRETIEN CASSEGRAIN/COUDE  
    REFLECTOR'                                                                
      APERTURE                   = 1.52 <METERS>                              
      LONGITUDE                  = -116.858612 /* -116 51 31.00 E */          
      LATITUDE                   =   33.348888 /* +33 20 56.0 */              
      ALTITUDE                   = 1683 <METERS>                              
      COORDINATE_TYPE            = 'Geodetic - North American (1927) datum'   
    END_GROUP                    = TELESCOPE_PARAMETERS