Tag:telescope:type=optical

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US Navy 030826-N-9593R-043 Personnel at the U.S. Naval Observatory in Washington, D.C., prepare the facility's historic 26-inch refractor telescope for optical viewing of Mars.jpg
Description
Optical telescope Show/edit corresponding data item.
Rendering in OSM Carto
Telescope dome-14.svg
Group: man made
Used on these elements
may be used on nodesshould not be used on waysmay be used on areas (and multipolygon relations)should not be used on relations (except multipolygon relations)
Requires

man_made=telescope

Useful combination
See also
Status: in use

An  optical telescope is a telescope that gathers and focuses light, mainly from the visible part of the electromagnetic spectrum. To protect them, they are usually in a dome building.

To map the whole facility use man_made=observatory.

How to map

Add a node node or draw an area area of the structure.

Add the tag man_made=telescope and telescope:type=optical.

Tags to use in combination

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