Wikipedia:WikiProject Telescopes
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This is the Wikiproject template for telescopes, space telescopes, astronomical observatories, and astronomical surveys.
A few Wikipedians have gotten together to make some suggestions about how we might organize data in articles about telescopes, etc. These are only suggestions, things to give you focus and to get you going, and you shouldn't feel obligated in the least to follow them. But if you don't know what to write or where to begin, following the below guidelines may be helpful. Mainly, we just want you to write articles!
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Scope
This WikiProject aims primarily to document telescopes (both ground-based and space observatories), astronomical observatories, and astronomical surveys. The subjects of these articles may be described as all being forms of data gathering for astronomical research.
Similar WikiProjects
Similar WikiProjects include Wikipedia:WikiProject Unmanned Space Missions and Wikipedia:WikiProject Space Missions.
History
On 16 February 2004 zandperl proposed on the Astronomy talk page to have a uniform structure for pages on telescopes. As there were no objections, this WikiProject was born. Other contributors to the pages and format you see here include Gentgeen and Maio--feel free to add or subtract your name as you wish.
Structure
Units should be minimally SI, US units can be included as well. Observatories will link to individual telescope pages, as will surveys. Different infobox templates exist for the different types of data sources; choose the one most appropriate for the page. The infobox should have the name of the telescope/observatory/etc., a picture of the telescope (with no additional caption), and the body of the article should include at most two images taken with the telescope. An example image is included below.
Infobox
When putting these into a page, the table declaration line should read:
- <table border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" style="margin-left:3em; margin-bottom: 2em; font-size: small" width="243" align="right">
The "align" has been removed here for displaying purposes. It also looks best if it's placed a few lines into the first paragraph.
Observatories
|
[image of observatory] | |
| Organization | (NOAO, NRAO, etc.) |
|---|---|
| Location | (city, state, country) |
| Coordinates | (latitude, longitude) |
| Altitude | (m, ft) |
| Weather | (# of clear nights, humidity) |
| Webpage | (link) |
| Telescopes | |
| ([[Name]]) | (type) |
| ([[Name]]) | (type) |
| ([[Name]]) | (type) |
Ground-based telescopes
|
[image of telescope] | |
| Organization | (NOAO, NRAO, etc.) |
|---|---|
| Location | (observatory, city, state, country) |
| Wavelength regime | (gamma, x-ray, UV, optical, IR, radio) |
| Completion date | (date) |
| Webpage | (link) |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Telescope style | (refractor, Newtonian reflector, etc.) |
| Diameter | (m, ft) |
| Collecting area | (m2, ft2) |
| Focal length | (m, ft) |
| Mounting | (equatorial, alt/az, dobsonian, etc.) |
| Dome | (bi-parting, up and over, transparent, none, etc.) |
Space-based telescopes
|
[image of telescope] | |
| Organization | (NASA, ESA etc.) |
|---|---|
| Wavelength regime | (gamma, x-ray, UV, optical, IR, radio) |
| Orbit height | (km, mi above ground) |
| Orbit period | (min, h) |
| Launch date | (date) |
| Deorbit date | (date) |
| Mass | (kg, lb) |
| Other names | (names) |
| Webpage | (link) |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Telescope style | (refractor, Newtonian reflector, etc.) |
| Diameter | (m, ft) |
| Collecting area | (m2, ft2) |
| Focal length | (m, ft) |
| Instruments | |
| (instrument name) | (characteristics) |
| (instrument name) | (characteristics) |
| (instrument name) | (characteristics) |
Surveys
|
[logo] | |
| Organization | (Caltech, Harvard, UMass etc.) |
|---|---|
| Wavelength regime | (gamma, x-ray, UV, optical, IR, radio) |
| Data source | ([[telescope name]]) |
| Survey goals | (list) |
| Dataproducts | (catalogues, images, etc.) |
| Webpage | (link -- most surveys and catalogues are kept on this website ) |
Images
Image:Spitzer Valentine.jpg See right.
Category
Pages in this WikiProject should have the tag
[[Category:Telescopes]]
added at the bottom of the article before the interwiki links.
Conversion log
A list of existing pages that need to be converted to the format once we establish it, or have already been. Please add to this list.
Done
These are in the current format, including having an infobox.
- 2MASS (Two Micron All-Sky Survey)
- 3C (Third Cambridge Catalogue of Radio Sources)
- 4C
- 5C
- 8C
- 9C
- Anglo-Australian Observatory
- Anglo-Australian Telescope
- Arecibo Observatory
- Atacama Large Millimeter Array
- BeppoSAX
- Chandra X-ray Observatory
- Compton Gamma Ray Observatory
- David Dunlap Observatory
- Deep Space Network
- Gemini Observatory
- Goldstone Deep Space Communications Complex (stub)
- Green Bank Telescope
- Heinrich Hertz Submillimeter Telescope
- Hubble Space Telescope
- INTEGRAL
- IRAS
- Isaac Newton Telescope
- James Webb Space Telescope
- MAGIC (Telescope)
- Mauna Kea Observatory, Hawaii
- Keck Telescope
- Kitt Peak (I'll be adding more text soon -- John Owens (talk))
- Large Binocular Telescope
- Lick Observatory
- Mount Graham International Observatory
- Mount John University Observatory
- Mount Wilson Observatory
- New General Catalogue
- Nordic Optical Telescope
- Palomar Observatory
- Parkes Observatory
- Roque de los Muchachos Observatory
- Solar and Heliospheric Observatory
- Spitzer Space Telescope (needs some more info)
- Southern African Large Telescope
- Swift Gamma-Ray Burst Mission
- Telescopio Nazionale Galileo
- Very Large Array
- Very Large Telescope
- Warner and Swasey Observatory
- William Herschel Telescope
- WIYN Observatory
- Yerkes Observatory
Still to be done
Several hundred from the list of major international observatories here. See also the Categories at the bottom of the page.
- 12-meter Kitt Peak / Steward Observatory telescope (does a page exist for just the telescope?)
- Australia Telescope Compact Array
- ESO 3.6m Telescope
- FCRAO
- GALEX
- Group 70
- Hipparcos
- Jacobus Kapteyn Telescope
- La Silla Observatory
- Liverpool Telescope
- Magellan (Telescopes)
- Nançay Radio Telescope (stub)
- New Technology Telescope
- Observatorio del Teide
- Paranal Observatory
- Subaru (telescope)
- Swedish Solar Telescope
- Very Small Array
- VISTA
- VLT Survey Telescope
- XMM-Newton
Useful links
- * * * list of observatories
- list of largest optical reflecting telescopes
- list of optical telescopes -- incomplete
- list of radio telescopes
- observatory
- space observatory
- telescope
- Timeline of artificial satellites and space probes
- Complete list of the ~1000 astronomical catalogues, with links
- 2MASS link to other surveys
- List of radio telescopes
- List of 1192 observatory locations
- To view changes made in the last 24 hours to astronomy pages on Wikipedia click here
Pages needing attention
Template:Wikipedia:Pages needing attention/Mathematical and Natural Sciences/Astronomy