Editing Anglo-Australian Telescope (section)

=== Comparisons ===

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center; font-size: 0.9em;"
|+Largest optical astronomical telescopes in the late 1970s
|-
! width=18 | #
! Name /<br>Observatory
! style="width:40px;" | Image
! Aperture
! width=60 | M1<br>Area 
! Altitude
! width=60 | First<br>Light 
|- 
| {{small|1.}}
| align=left | [[BTA-6]]<br>{{small|([[Special Astrophysical Observatory of the Russian Academy of Science|Special Astrophysical Obs]])}}
| bgcolor=#ddd | [[File:Big asimutal teleskop.jpg|80px]]
| 238&nbsp;inch<br>605&nbsp;cm
| 26&nbsp;m<sup>2</sup> 
| {{convert|2070|m|ft|abbr=on}}
| 1975
|-
| {{small|2.}}
| align=left | [[Hale Telescope]]<br>({{small|[[Palomar Observatory]]}})
| bgcolor=#ddd | [[File:P200 Dome Open.jpg|80px]]
| 200&nbsp;inch<br>508&nbsp;cm
| 20&nbsp;m<sup>2</sup>
| {{convert|1713|m|ft|abbr=on}}
| 1949
|-
| {{small|3.}}
| align=left | [[Nicholas U. Mayall Telescope|Mayall Telescope]]<br>{{small|([[Kitt Peak National Observatory|Kitt Peak National Obs.]])}}
| bgcolor=#ddd | [[File:Kittpeakteliscope.JPG|80px]]
| 158&nbsp;inch<br>401&nbsp;cm 	
| 10&nbsp;m<sup>2</sup>
| {{convert|2120|m|ft|abbr=on}} <!-- alt. for telescope not obs! --> 
| 1973
|-
| {{small|4.}}
| align=left | [[Víctor M. Blanco Telescope]]<br>{{small|([[Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory|CTIO Observatory]])}}
| bgcolor=#ddd | [[File:4m-Victor M. Blanco Telescope cropped.jpg|80px]]
| 158&nbsp;inch<br>401&nbsp;cm 	
| 10&nbsp;m<sup>2</sup>
| {{convert|2200|m|ft|abbr=on}}
| 1976
|-bgcolor=#edf3fe
| {{small|5.}}
| align=left | '''Anglo-Australian Telescope'''<br>{{small|([[Siding Spring Observatory]])}}
| bgcolor=#ddd | [[File:Anglo-Australian Telescope dome.JPG|80px]]
| 153&nbsp;inch<br>389&nbsp;cm 
| 12&nbsp;m<sup>2</sup>
| {{convert|1742|m|ft|abbr=on}}
| 1974
|- 
| {{small| 6.}}
| align=left | [[ESO 3.6 m Telescope]]<br>{{small|([[La Silla Observatory]])}}
| bgcolor=#ddd | [[File:Wallpaper of 3.6-m Telescope at La Silla.jpg|80px]]
| 140&nbsp;inch<br>357&nbsp;cm
| 8.8&nbsp;m<sup>2</sup><!-- 8.8564 m2 -->
| {{convert|2400|m|ft|abbr=on}}
| 1976
|-
| {{small|7.}}
| align=left | [[C. Donald Shane telescope|Shane Telescope]]<br>{{small|([[Lick Observatory]])}}
| bgcolor=#ddd | [[File:Shane dome.JPG|80px]]
| 120&nbsp;inch<br>305&nbsp;cm
| ~7&nbsp;m<sup>2</sup>
| {{convert|1283|m|ft|abbr=on}}
| 1959
|}