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Observatories > Hawaii Observatory II

CANADA-FRANCE-HAWAII-TELESCOPE

(CFHT - MAUNA KEA)



Credit : CFHT
The 3m60 CFH Telescope at Mauna Kea in Hawaii island.


Credit : CFHT
The 3m60 telescope


At left, the dome and the 3m60 telescope CFH at the summit of Mauna Kea in Hawaii at 4200m above sea level. The telescope was put into service in 1979.


 

The quality of the images is particularly good. To further increase it, adaptive optics system has been installed there: it compensates in real time fluctuations in the atmosphere which reduces the quality of the images.