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==Equipment== [[Image:Lick Observatory Shane Telescope.jpg|right|thumb|Lick Observatory's [[C. Donald Shane telescope|Shane {{convert|120|in|m|0|adj=on|abbr=off|sp=us}} telescope]] (center) along with the nearby [[Automated Planet Finder]] {{convert|100|in|cm|adj=on|abbr=off|sp=us}} reflector]] Below is a list of the nine telescopes {{As of|2003|alt=currently}} operating at the observatory:<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ucolick.org/public/telescopes/index.html |title=Telescopes of the Lick Observatory |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181212214739/http://www.ucolick.org/public/telescopes/index.html |archive-date=2018-12-12 |publisher=University of California Observatories |access-date=2018-12-31 |df=mdy-all}}</ref> * The [[C. Donald Shane telescope]] {{convert|3|m|in|adj=on|abbr=off|sp=us|order=flip}} [[reflecting telescope|reflector]] (Shane Dome, Tycho Brahe Peak). Its instrumentation includes: ** The Hamilton spectrometer ** The Kast double spectrograph ** The ShaneAO [[adaptive optics]] system with laser guide star * The [[Automated Planet Finder]] {{convert|2.4|m|in|adj=on|abbr=off|sp=us|order=flip}} reflector. First light was originally scheduled for 2006. The telescope finally came into regular use in 2013. * The [[Anna L. Nickel telescope|Anna L. Nickel]] {{convert|1|m|in|adj=on|abbr=off|sp=us|order=flip}} reflector (North (small) Dome, Main Building) * The [[James Lick telescope|Great Lick]] {{convert|91|cm|in|adj=on|abbr=off|sp=us|order=flip}} refractor (South Dome, Main Building, Observatory Peak) * The [[Crossley telescope|Crossley]] {{convert|90|cm|in|adj=on|abbr=off|sp=us|order=flip}} reflector (Crossley Dome, Ptolemy Peak) * The [[Katzman Automatic Imaging Telescope]] (KAIT) {{convert|76|cm|in|adj=on|abbr=off|sp=us|order=flip}} reflector (24-inch Dome, Kepler Peak) * The {{convert|60|cm|in|adj=on|abbr=off|sp=us|order=flip}} [[Coudé Auxiliary Telescope]] (Inside of Shane Dome, South wall, Tycho Brahe Peak) * The [[Tauchmann telescope|Tauchmann]] {{convert|50|cm|in|adj=on|abbr=off|sp=us|order=flip}} reflector (Tauchmann Dome atop the water tank, Huygens Peak) * The [[Carnegie telescope|Carnegie]] {{convert|50|cm|in|adj=on|abbr=off|sp=us|order=flip}} twin refractor (Double [[Astrograph]] Dome, Tycho Brahe Peak) Below is a list of equipment that formerly operated at the observatory: * CCD Comet Camera {{convert|135|mm|in|adj=on|abbr=off|sp=us}} [[Nikon]] camera lens ("The Outhouse" Southwest of the Shane Dome, Tycho Brahe Peak){{citation needed|date = January 2014}}
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