Template:Infobox telescope

Alternative names
Location(s)
Coordinates
Wavelength	-
Diameter
Website	Template:Url
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For space-based telescopes, use: {{Infobox space telescope}}.

{{{name}}}

[[File:{{{image}}}|frameless|upright=1]] {{{caption}}}
Alternative names
Part of	{{{observatory}}}
Location(s)
Coordinates	{{{coords}}}
Organization	{{{organization}}}
Altitude	{{{altitude}}}
Wavelength	{{{wavelength}}}
Built	{{{built}}}
First light	{{{first_light}}}
Telescope style	{{{style}}}
Diameter	{{{diameter}}}
Secondary diameter	{{{diameter2}}}
Tertiary diameter	{{{diameter3}}}
Angular resolution	{{{angular_resolution}}}
Collecting area	{{{area}}}
Focal length	{{{focal_length}}}
Mounting	{{{mounting}}}
Enclosure	{{{dome}}}
Website	{{{website}}}
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Usage

Just add:

{{infobox telescope}}

to the top of an article, and data will be automatically included from Wikidata where they are available. These values can be overridden by passing values to the relevant parameters in the article (if need be), e.g.:

{{infobox telescope
| name = 
}}

The full list of parameters is:

Parameter	Default	Description
name	Wikidata label (en) (Or Page name)	Telescope's name.
image	(P18)	Picture of the telescope (use full wikicode).
caption	(P18), qualifier (P2096)	Picture caption (if necessary).
logo	(P154)	Logo
alt_names	(P1813), fallback to Wikidata aliases (en)	Alternative names / aliases for the telescope
namedafter	(P138)	Person or organisation the telescope was named after
discovered	(P793), (Q753297), qualifier (P642)	What the telescope was used to discover
organization	(P137)	Organization responsible for telescope.
observatory	(P361)	Observatory where the telescope is based
location	(P706), (P276), (P131), (P17) (fallback to (P30) for Antarctica)	Telescope's location.
coords	(P625)	Telescope's coordinates. Use {{coord}} with display=inline,title and the correct ISO 3166-2 region code.
code	(P717)	Observatory code
altitude	(P2044)	Height of the telescope above sea-level. Use meters.
obs-time	(P3891)	Observing time available on the site. For optical telescopes, the percentage or number of clear nights (or days). For radio telescopes, the percentage or number of clear days, or the total number of observable hours per year.
wavelength	(P3738)- (P3737) Or (P2808) or (P1227)	Wavelengths on which the telescope operates.
built	(P793), qualifiers (P580) & (P582)	Dates of construction.
first_light	(P729)	Date of telescope's first (celestial) observation. Use {{Start date}}
decommissioned	(P576)	Date that the telescope was decommissioned
style	(P31)	Telescope's style (type), e.g. Ritchey-Chrétien, Gregorian, Refractor
number	(P2670), qualifier (Q4213), (P1114)	Number of telescopes/elements
diameter	(P2386), (value), qualifier (P518) (Q613628)	Telescope's primary mirror/lens diameter.
diameter2	(P2386), (value), qualifier (P518) (Q1395645)	Telescope's secondary mirror diameter.
diameter3	(P2386), (value), qualifier (P518) (Q29531156)	Telescope's tertiary mirror diameter (if any).
illuminateddiameter	(P2386), (value), qualifier (P518) (Q40782571)	The illuminated diameter of the telescope
length	(P2043)	Telescope's length (if not circular)
width	(P2049)	Telescope's width (if not circular)
mass	(P2067)	Mass/weight of the structure
angular_resolution	(P3439)	Telescope's angular resolution.
area	(P2046), (value), qualifier (P518) (Q613628)	Telescope's collecting area.
illuminatedarea	(P2046), (value), qualifier (P518) (Q40782571)	The illuminated area of the telescope
focal_length	(P2151)	Telescope's focal length, e.g. "f/3.3 (16.76 m)".
mounting	(P2670) (Q1205231), qualifier (P31)	Telescope's mounting, e.g. Equatorial or Altazimuth.
dome	(P3158)	Information about the telescope's dome.
replaced	(P1365)	The telescope that this telescope replaced
replacedby	(P1366)	The telescope that replaced this telescope
website	(P856)	The URL of the telescope's website. use {{URL}}
locmapin	(P17)	Use this parameter to override the location map shown if necessary. See {{Wikidata location map}}.
commons	commons sitelink	The appropriate page or category name at Wikimedia Commons
refs	no	Set to 'yes' to automatically display references from Wikidata
child	no	Set to 'yes' to use as a child infobox of another infobox
embedded		Embed another infobox into this one

Template Data

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TemplateData for Infobox telescope

Infobox describing a telescope. Data will be automatically included from Wikidata. Please use this by default - only specify individual parameters if you need to override them.

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Template parameters

This template prefers block formatting of parameters.

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Name	name	Telescope's name	Page name	optional
Image	image	Picture of the telescope Example [[File:Filename.jpg|250px|alt=Describe the image here.]]	Content	optional
Image size	image_size	Dimensions of image thumbnail Example 250px	String	deprecated
Alternative text	alt	Alternative text for image thumbnail	Content	optional
Image caption	caption	Caption describing the image	String	optional
Organization	organization organisation	Organization responsible for telescope	String	optional
Location	location	Place where the telescope is located (in words)	Content	optional
Coordinates	coords	Telescope's coordinates. Use {{coord}} with display=inline,title and the correct ISO 3166-2 region code. Example {{Coord|LAT|LON|type:landmark_region:XX|display=inline,title}}	Content	optional
Altitude	altitude	Height of the telescope above sea-level; in meters.	Content	optional
Weather	weather	Average weather conditions at the telescope	Content	optional
Wavelength	wavelength	Wavelengths on which the telescope operates	Content	optional
Built	built	Dates of construction	Content	optional
First light	first_light	Date of telescope's first (celestial) observation. Example {{start date|1993|02|24}}	Content	optional
Diameter	diameter	Telescope's primary mirror/lens diameter.	Unknown	optional
diameter2	diameter2	Telescope's secondary mirror diameter.	Unknown	optional
diameter3	diameter3	Telescope's tertiary mirror diameter (if any).	Unknown	optional
Angular resolution	angular_resolution	Telescope's angular resolution.	Unknown	optional
Collecting area	area	Telescope's collecting area	Unknown	optional
Focal length	focal_length	Telescope's focal length Example f/3.3 (16.76 m)	Unknown	optional
Mounting	mounting	Telescope's mounting, e.g. Equatorial or Altazimuth.	Unknown	optional
Dome	dome	Information about the telescope's dome	Content	optional
Website	website	The URL of the telescope's website Example {{{URL|example.com}}	Content	optional
Commons	commons	no description Default The appropriate page or category name at Wikimedia Commons	Unknown	optional
nrhp	nrhp	no description	Unknown	optional
embedded	embedded	no description	Unknown	optional
module	module	no description	Unknown	optional
style	style	no description	Unknown	optional

Microformat

The HTML markup produced by this template includes an hCard microformat, which makes the place-name and location parsable by computers, either acting automatically to catalogue articles across Wikipedia, or via a browser tool operated by a person, to (for example) add the subject to an address book. Within the hCard is a Geo microformat, which additionally makes the coordinates (latitude & longitude) parsable, so that they can be, say, looked up on a map, or downloaded to a GPS unit. For more information about the use of microformats on Wikipedia, please see the microformat project.

Sub-templates

If the place or venue has "established", "founded", "opened" or similar dates, use {{start date}} for the earliest of those dates unless the date is before 1583 CE.

If it has a URL, use {{URL}}.

Please do not remove instances of these sub-templates.

Classes

hCard uses HTML classes including:

• adr
• agent
• category
• county-name
• extended-address
• fn
• label
• locality
• nickname
• note
• org
• region
• street-address
• uid
• url
• vcard

Geo is produced by calling {{coord}}, and uses HTML classes:

• geo
• latitude
• longitude

Please do not rename or remove these classes nor collapse nested elements which use them.

Precision

When giving coordinates, please use an appropriate level of precision. Do not use {{coord}}'s |name= parameter.

Tracking categories

• Category:Pages using infobox telescope with unknown parameters (0)
• Category:Articles with infoboxes completely from Wikidata (0)
• Category:Articles using Infobox telescope using locally defined parameters (0)

See also

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