{{{name}}}
[[File:{{{image}}}|frameless|upright=1]]
{{{caption}}}
Part of{{{observatory}}}
Location(s){{{location}}}
Coordinates{{{coords}}}
Organization{{{organization}}}
Altitude{{{altitude}}}
Wavelength{{{wavelength}}}
Built{{{built}}}
First light{{{first_light}}}
Telescope style{{{style}}}
Diameter{{{diameter}}}
Secondary diameter{{{diameter2}}}
Tertiary diameter{{{diameter3}}}
Angular resolution{{{angular_resolution}}}
Collecting area{{{area}}}
Focal length{{{focal_length}}}
Mounting{{{mounting}}}
Enclosure{{{dome}}}
Website{{{website}}}
[[Commons:{{{commons}}} |Related media on Wikimedia Commons]]

Usage change

Just add:

{{infobox telescope}}

to the top of an article, and data will be automatically included from Wikidata where they are available. These values can be overridden by passing values to the relevant parameters in the article (if need be), e.g.:

{{infobox telescope
| name = 
}}

The full list of parameters is:

Parameter Default Description
name Wikidata label (en)
(Or Page name)
Telescope's name.
image image (P18) Picture of the telescope (use full wikicode).
caption image (P18), qualifier media legend (P2096) Picture caption (if necessary).
logo logo image (P154) Logo
alt_names short name (P1813), fallback to Wikidata aliases (en) Alternative names / aliases for the telescope
namedafter named after (P138) Person or organisation the telescope was named after
discovered significant event (P793), discovery (Q753297), qualifier of (P642) What the telescope was used to discover
organization operator (P137) Organization responsible for telescope.
observatory part of (P361) Observatory where the telescope is based
location located in/on physical feature (P706), location (P276), located in the administrative territorial entity (P131), country (P17) (fallback to continent (P30) for Antarctica) Telescope's location.
coords coordinate location (P625) Telescope's coordinates. Use {{coord}} with display=inline,title and the correct ISO 3166-2 region code.
code Minor Planet Center observatory code (P717) Observatory code
altitude elevation above sea level (P2044) Height of the telescope above sea-level. Use meters.
obs-time observing time available (P3891) Observing time available on the site. For optical telescopes, the percentage or number of clear nights (or days). For radio telescopes, the percentage or number of clear days, or the total number of observable hours per year.
wavelength minimum wavelength of sensitivity (P3738)-maximum wavelength of sensitivity (P3737)
Or wavelength (P2808) or astronomical filter (P1227)
Wavelengths on which the telescope operates.
built significant event (P793), qualifiers start time (P580) & end time (P582) Dates of construction.
first_light service entry (P729) Date of telescope's first (celestial) observation. Use {{Start date}}
decommissioned dissolved, abolished or demolished date (P576) Date that the telescope was decommissioned
style instance of (P31) Telescope's style (type), e.g. Ritchey-Chrétien, Gregorian, Refractor
number has part(s) of the class (P2670), qualifier telescope (Q4213), quantity (P1114) Number of telescopes/elements
diameter diameter (P2386), (value), qualifier applies to part (P518) primary mirror (Q613628) Telescope's primary mirror/lens diameter.
diameter2 diameter (P2386), (value), qualifier applies to part (P518) secondary mirror (Q1395645) Telescope's secondary mirror diameter.
diameter3 diameter (P2386), (value), qualifier applies to part (P518) Tertiary mirror (Q29531156) Telescope's tertiary mirror diameter (if any).
illuminateddiameter diameter (P2386), (value), qualifier applies to part (P518) illuminated aperture (Q40782571) The illuminated diameter of the telescope
length length (P2043) Telescope's length (if not circular)
width width (P2049) Telescope's width (if not circular)
mass mass (P2067) Mass/weight of the structure
angular_resolution angular resolution (P3439) Telescope's angular resolution.
area area (P2046), (value), qualifier applies to part (P518) primary mirror (Q613628) Telescope's collecting area.
illuminatedarea area (P2046), (value), qualifier applies to part (P518) illuminated aperture (Q40782571) The illuminated area of the telescope
focal_length focal length (P2151) Telescope's focal length, e.g. "f/3.3 (16.76 m)".
mounting has part(s) of the class (P2670) telescope mount (Q1205231), qualifier instance of (P31) Telescope's mounting, e.g. Equatorial or Altazimuth.
dome enclosure (P3158) Information about the telescope's dome.
replaced replaces (P1365) The telescope that this telescope replaced
replacedby replaced by (P1366) The telescope that replaced this telescope
website official website (P856) The URL of the telescope's website. use {{URL}}
locmapin country (P17) Use this parameter to override the location map shown if necessary. See {{Wikidata location map}}.
commons Commons category (P373) The appropriate page or category name at Wikimedia Commons
refs no Set to 'yes' to automatically display references from Wikidata
child no Set to 'yes' to use as a child infobox of another infobox
embedded Embed another infobox into this one

Template Data change

Click the [show] link to the right to display the TemplateData.
This is the TemplateData for this template used by TemplateWizard, VisualEditor and other tools. See a monthly parameter usage report for Template:Infobox telescope in articles based on its TemplateData.

TemplateData for Infobox telescope

Infobox describing a telescope. Data will be automatically included from Wikidata. Please use this by default - only specify individual parameters if you need to override them.

Template parameters

This template prefers block formatting of parameters.

ParameterDescriptionTypeStatus
Namename

Telescope's name

Page nameoptional
Imageimage

Picture of the telescope

Example
[[File:Filename.jpg|250px|alt=Describe the image here.]]
Contentoptional
Image sizeimage_size

Dimensions of image thumbnail

Example
250px
Stringdeprecated
Alternative textalt

Alternative text for image thumbnail

Contentoptional
Image captioncaption

Caption describing the image

Stringoptional
Organizationorganization organisation

Organization responsible for telescope

Stringoptional
Locationlocation

Place where the telescope is located (in words)

Contentoptional
Coordinatescoords

Telescope's coordinates. Use {{coord}} with display=inline,title and the correct ISO 3166-2 region code.

Example
{{Coord|LAT|LON|type:landmark_region:XX|display=inline,title}}
Contentoptional
Altitudealtitude

Height of the telescope above sea-level; in meters.

Contentoptional
Weatherweather

Average weather conditions at the telescope

Contentoptional
Wavelengthwavelength

Wavelengths on which the telescope operates

Contentoptional
Builtbuilt

Dates of construction

Contentoptional
First lightfirst_light

Date of telescope's first (celestial) observation.

Example
{{start date|1993|02|24}}
Contentoptional
Diameterdiameter

Telescope's primary mirror/lens diameter.

Unknownoptional
diameter2diameter2

Telescope's secondary mirror diameter.

Unknownoptional
diameter3diameter3

Telescope's tertiary mirror diameter (if any).

Unknownoptional
Angular resolutionangular_resolution

Telescope's angular resolution.

Unknownoptional
Collecting areaarea

Telescope's collecting area

Unknownoptional
Focal lengthfocal_length

Telescope's focal length

Example
f/3.3 (16.76 m)
Unknownoptional
Mountingmounting

Telescope's mounting, e.g. Equatorial or Altazimuth.

Unknownoptional
Domedome

Information about the telescope's dome

Contentoptional
Websitewebsite

The URL of the telescope's website

Example
{{{URL|example.com}}
Contentoptional
Commonscommons

no description

Default
The appropriate page or category name at Wikimedia Commons
Unknownoptional
nrhpnrhp

no description

Unknownoptional
embeddedembedded

no description

Unknownoptional
modulemodule

no description

Unknownoptional
stylestyle

no description

Unknownoptional

Microformat change

The HTML markup produced by this template includes an hCard microformat, which makes the place-name and location parsable by computers, either acting automatically to catalogue articles across Wikipedia, or via a browser tool operated by a person, to (for example) add the subject to an address book. Within the hCard is a Geo microformat, which additionally makes the coordinates (latitude & longitude) parsable, so that they can be, say, looked up on a map, or downloaded to a GPS unit. For more information about the use of microformats on Wikipedia, please see the microformat project.

Sub-templates change

If the place or venue has "established", "founded", "opened" or similar dates, use {{start date}} for the earliest of those dates unless the date is before 1583 CE.

If it has a URL, use {{URL}}.

Please do not remove instances of these sub-templates.

Classes change

hCard uses HTML classes including:

  • adr
  • agent
  • category
  • county-name
  • extended-address
  • fn
  • label
  • locality
  • nickname
  • note
  • org
  • region
  • street-address
  • uid
  • url
  • vcard

Geo is produced by calling {{coord}}, and uses HTML classes:

  • geo
  • latitude
  • longitude

Please do not rename or remove these classes nor collapse nested elements which use them.

Precision change

When giving coordinates, please use an appropriate level of precision. Do not use {{coord}}'s |name= parameter.

Tracking categories change

See also change