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Heymans, Catherine; Van Waerbeke, Ludovic; Miller, Lance; Erben, Thomas; Hildebrandt, Hendrik; Hoekstra, Henk; Kitching, Thomas D.; Mellier, Yannick; Simon, Patrick; Bonnett, Christopher; Coupon, Jean (2012-11-21).
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CFHT is currently considering a refurbishment to the facility in the 2020s. The facility would be reconstructed with a new 11-m telescope to produce the
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WIRCam (Wide-Field Infrared Camera), an infrared mosaic of 4 detectors totalling 16 megapixels, optimized for the J, H, and K spectral bands
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SITELLE (Spectromètre Imageur à Transformée de Fourier pour l'Etude en Long et en Large de raies d'Emission), a wide-field
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map from 2012 by CFHT Lensing Survey (CFHTLenS). The central colour inset shows the previous largest
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ESPaDOnS (Echelle SpectroPolarimetric Device for the Observation of Stars at CFHT), an
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configuration with a usable aperture diameter of 3.58 metres (11.7 ft).
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ACADEMIA SINICA Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics (Taiwan)
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The corporation is bound by a tripartite agreement between the
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Optical Infrared Coordination Network for Astronomy (OPTICON)
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at an altitude of 4,204 meters (13,793 feet), part of the
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contains an unencyclopedic or excessive gallery of images
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SPIRou (Spectropolarimètre Infrarouge), a near-infrared
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Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (France)
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National Astronomical Observatories of China (China)
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Canada France Hawaii Telescope

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Mauna Kea Observatories
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Hawaii County
Hawaii
19°49′31″N 155°28′08″W / 19.8253°N 155.4689°W / 19.8253; -155.4689
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French National Centre for Scientific Research
National Research Council Canada
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
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Observatory code
T14
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astronomical observatory
Cassegrain reflector
optical telescope
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www.cfht.hawaii.edu/en/about/
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Canada–France–Hawaii Telescope is located in Hawaii

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