Template:Infobox telescope

{{{name}}}
	[[File:{{{image}}}\|frameless\|upright=1.3]] {{{caption}}}
Part of	{{{observatory}}}
Location(s)	{{{location}}}
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 and reliably sourced. 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	image (P18)	Picture of the telescope (use full wikicode).
caption	image (P18), qualifier media legend (P2096)	Picture caption (if necessary).
logo	logo image (P154)	Logo
alt_names	short name (P1813), fallback to Wikidata aliases (en)	Alternative names / aliases for the telescope
namedafter	named after (P138)	Person or organisation the telescope was named after
discovered	significant event (P793), discovery (Q753297), qualifier of (DEPRECATED) (P642)	What the telescope was used to discover
organization	operator (P137)	Organization responsible for telescope.
observatory	part of (P361)	Observatory where the telescope is based
location	located in/on physical feature (P706), location (P276), located in the administrative territorial entity (P131), country (P17) (fallback to continent (P30) for Antarctica)	Telescope's location.
coords	coordinate location (P625)	Telescope's coordinates. Use {{coord}} with display=inline,title and the correct ISO 3166-2 region code.
code	Minor Planet Center observatory code (P717)	Observatory code
altitude	elevation above sea level (P2044)	Height of the telescope above sea-level. Use meters.
obs-time	observing time available (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	minimum wavelength of sensitivity (P3738)–maximum wavelength of sensitivity (P3737) Or wavelength (P2808) or astronomical filter (P1227)	Wavelengths on which the telescope operates.
built	significant event (P793), qualifiers start time (P580) & end time (P582)	Dates of construction.
first_light	service entry (P729)	Date of telescope's first (celestial) observation. Use {{Start date}}
decommissioned	dissolved, abolished or demolished date (P576)	Date that the telescope was decommissioned
style	instance of (P31)	Telescope's style (type), e.g. Ritchey–Chrétien, Gregorian, Refractor
number	has part(s) of the class (P2670), qualifier telescope (Q4213), quantity (P1114)	Number of telescopes/elements
diameter	diameter (P2386), (value), qualifier applies to part (P518) primary mirror (Q613628)	Telescope's primary mirror/lens diameter.
diameter2	diameter (P2386), (value), qualifier applies to part (P518) secondary mirror (Q1395645)	Telescope's secondary mirror diameter.
diameter3	diameter (P2386), (value), qualifier applies to part (P518) Tertiary mirror (Q29531156)	Telescope's tertiary mirror diameter (if any).
illuminateddiameter	diameter (P2386), (value), qualifier applies to part (P518) illuminated aperture (Q40782571)	The illuminated diameter of the telescope
length	length (P2043)	Telescope's length (if not circular)
width	width (P2049)	Telescope's width (if not circular)
mass	mass (P2067)	Mass/weight of the structure
angular_resolution	angular resolution (P3439)	Telescope's angular resolution.
area	area (P2046), (value), qualifier applies to part (P518) primary mirror (Q613628)	Telescope's collecting area.
illuminatedarea	area (P2046), (value), qualifier applies to part (P518) illuminated aperture (Q40782571)	The illuminated area of the telescope
focal_length	focal length (P2151)	Telescope's focal length, e.g. "f/3.3 (16.76 m)".
mounting	has part(s) of the class (P2670) telescope mount (Q1205231), qualifier instance of (P31)	Telescope's mounting, e.g. Equatorial or Altazimuth.
dome	enclosure (P3158)	Information about the telescope's dome.
replaced	replaces (P1365)	The telescope that this telescope replaced
replacedby	replaced by (P1366)	The telescope that replaced this telescope
website	official website (P856)	The URL of the telescope's website. use {{URL}}
locmapin	country (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.

Template parameters[Edit template data]
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
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

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Sub-templates

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Please do not remove instances of these sub-templates.

Classes

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category
county-name
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fn
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nickname
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org
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street-address
uid
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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

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