Vatican Advanced Technology Telescope
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| Organization | Vatican Observatory Research Group |
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| Code | 290 |
| Location | Mount Graham International Observatory, Mount Graham, Graham County, Arizona, United States |
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32°42′4.78″N 109°53′32.54″W / 32.7013278°N 109.8923722°WCoordinates: 32°42′4.78″N 109°53′32.54″W / 32.7013278°N 109.8923722°W |
| Altitude | 3178 m |
| Website | vaticanobservatory.org |
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32°42′4.78″N 109°53′32.54″W / 32.7013278°N 109.8923722°WCoordinates: 32°42′4.78″N 109°53′32.54″W / 32.7013278°N 109.8923722°W
The 1.8 meter Alice P. Lennon Telescope and its Thomas J. Bannan Astrophysics Facility, known together as the Vatican Advanced Technology Telescope (VATT), is a Gregorian telescope observing in the optical and infrared situated on Mount Graham in southeast Arizona, United States. It achieved "first light", the first starlight to pass through the telescope onto a detector, in 1993.
VATT is part of the Mount Graham International Observatory and is operated by the Vatican Observatory, one of the oldest astronomical research institutions in the world, in partnership with The University of Arizona.
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