(Redirected from Infrared Telescope Facility)The 'NASA Infrared Telescope Facility' (NASA IRTF) is a 3.0 meter
telescope optimized for use in
infrared astronomy and located at the
Mauna Kea Observatory in
Hawai'i. It was first built to support the
Voyager missions and is now the
USA National facility for
infrared astronomy, providing continued support to planetary, solar neighborhood, and deep space applications. According to the IRTF's time allocation rules, at least 50% of the observing time is devoted to
planetary science. This is quite unusual for a telescope of this size.
External links
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NASA Infrared Telescope Facility (IRTF) homepage
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