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The Wyoming Infrared Observatory (WIRO) is an astronomical observatory owned and operated by the University of Wyoming. It is located southwest of Laramie, Wyoming (USA) on Jelm Mountain. It was founded in 1975, and observations began at the site in 1977.〔 Recent research performed at WIRO includes searching for runaway stars, monitoring short-term variations in blazars, and monitoring massive binary stars.〔〔〔 ==Telescope== The WIRO telescope is a classical Cassegrain reflector optimized for infrared observing. The secondary mirror can be "wobbled" under computer control to allow for rapid sampling of adjacent areas of the sky.〔 Two instruments are available for use: * WIRO-Prime, a 2048x2048 charge coupled device (CCD) imaging camera mounted at the prime focus.〔 * WIRO-Long Slit, a low resolution, high efficiency long slit spectrograph.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「Wyoming Infrared Observatory」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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