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objectType Telescope

the telescope used to acquire the data for an observation

Telescopeivoa:string nameivoa:real geoLocationXivoa:real geoLocationYivoa:real geoLocationZivoa:string keywordsivoa:string trackingModeObservationtelescope0..1

Members

name type mult description
name ivoa:string common name of the telescope; TBD: reference to a standard list of names?
geoLocationX ivoa:real optional x-coordinate of the geocentric location of the telescope at the time of observation (see FITS WCS Paper III)
geoLocationY ivoa:real optional y-coordinate of the geocentric location of the telescope at the time of observation (see FITS WCS Paper III)
geoLocationZ ivoa:real optional z-coordinate of the geocentric location of the telescope at the time of observation (see FITS WCS Paper III)
keywords ivoa:string 0 or more additional keywords that describe the telescope or telscope configuration at the time of observation; keywords cannot contain the pipe (
trackingMode ivoa:string from urn:vo-dml:caom2!vocab:tracking optional term from the (currently non-existent) IVOA Tracking vocabulary used to indicate how the telescope moves during data acquisition

Containment

This is contained by Observation