Key:telescope:type
telescope:type |
Description |
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Telescope |
Group: Man made |
Used on these elements |
Documented values: 2 |
Requires |
Status: de facto |
Tools for this tag |
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Usage
Must be used together with man_made=telescope.
This tag is used to broadly categorise the spectrum that the telescope senses.
Values
Optical
Everything from infra red to ultra violet. This includes all the visible spectrum.
Radio
Radio telescopes includes all kinds of antennas - dish, phased arrays, dipoles, helical etc.
Gamma
- telescope:type=gamma
Questionable Tags
Solar
- telescope:type=solar?
Solar telescopes, sometimes called heliograph or photoheliograph are a special kind of optical telescope for observing the sun. Should these be tagged as optical telescopes? They certain should have the same or similar symbol.
Possible synonyms
See also
- telescope:spectrum=*[1] a clear and more detailed key in use.
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