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IRTF

(Infrared Telescope Facility, NASA IRTF, NASA Infrared Telescope Facility)
(Mauna Kea 3-meter infrared telescope)

IRTF (Infrared Telescope Facility, NASA Infrared Telescope Facility, NASA IRTF) is a 3-meter infrared telescope in Mauna Kea, Hawaii operated by the University of Hawaii for NASA. It went into service in 1979. Instruments:

Retired:

Future:


(telescope,reflector,infrared,NASA,ground,Hawaii)
Further reading:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NASA_Infrared_Telescope_Facility
http://irtfweb.ifa.hawaii.edu/
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1981BAAS...13..173./abstract
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2021BAAS...53d.249R/abstract

Referenced by pages:
Mauna Kea
Mauna Kea Observatories (MKO)
monolithic mirror
SpeX

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