NASA Infrared Telescope Facility

The NASA Infrared Telescope Facility is a 3.2-meter telescope optimized for use in infrared astronomy and located at the Mauna Kea Observatory in .
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  • Observatory
  • …is operated by Institute for Astronomy at University of Hawai`i
  • Description: infrared telescope in Hawaii

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include W. M. Keck Observatory and Pu‘uwēkiu.
The is an astronomical… is situated 260 metres west of NASA Infrared Telescope Facility.
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Mauna Kea is a dormant shield volcano on the island of Hawaiʻi.
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The Maunakea Observatories are a group of independent… is situated 240 metres southwest of NASA Infrared Telescope Facility.

NASA Infrared Telescope Facility

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Latitude
19.8263° or 19° 49′ 35″ north
Longitude
-155.47198° or 155° 28′ 19″ west
Open location code
73F6RGGH+G6
Open­Street­Map ID
node 610687601
Open­Street­Map feature
man_made=­observatory
Wiki­data ID
Q1662664

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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Urdu—“NASA Infrared Telescope Facility” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “NASA紅外線望遠鏡”
  • Chinese: “NASA紅外線望遠鏡設施”
  • Chinese: “NASA近红外望远镜设施”
  • Chinese: “美國國家航空暨太空總署紅外望遠鏡設施”
  • Chinese: “美國太空總署望遠鏡”
  • Dutch: “NASA Infrared Telescope Facility”
  • French: “Infrared Telescope Facility”
  • French: “IRTF”
  • French: “NASA Infrared Telescope Facility”
  • German: “Infrared Telescope Facility”
  • Hebrew: “מתקן הטלסקופ התת־אדום של נאס’א”
  • Indonesian: “NASA Infrared Telescope Facility”
  • Italian: “Infrared Telescope Facility”
  • Italian: “IRTF”
  • Japanese: “IRTF”
  • Japanese: “NASA赤外望遠鏡施設”
  • Japanese: “NASA赤外線望遠鏡施設”
  • Luxembourgish: “Infrared Telescope Facility”
  • Luxembourgish: “IRTF”
  • Luxembourgish: “NASA Infrared Telescope Facility”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “NASA Infrared Telescope Facility”
  • Norwegian: “NASA Infrared Telescope Facility”
  • Polish: “NASA Infrared Telescope Facility”
  • Portuguese: “Infrared Telescope Facility”
  • Portuguese: “NASA Infrared Telescope Facility”
  • Portuguese: “NASA IRTF”
  • Russian: “Инфракрасный телескоп IRTF”
  • Russian: “Телескоп IRTF”
  • Spanish: “NASA IRTF”
  • Spanish: “Telescopio infrarrojo de nasa”
  • Spanish: “Telescopio infrarrojo de NASA”
  • Ukrainian: “Інфрачервоний телескоп (Мауна Кеа)”
  • Ukrainian: “Телескоп IRTF”
  • Urdu: “ناسا انفراریڈ دوربین سہولت”

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