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The Anglo-Australian Telescope (AAT) is a 3.9 m equatorially mounted telescope operated by the Anglo-Australian Observatory and situated at the Siding Spring Observatory, Australia at an altitude of a little over 1100 m. It is jointly funded by the United Kingdom and Australia,

The AAT was one of the last large telescopes built with an equatorial mount. More recent large telescopes have instead adopted the more compact and mechanically stable altazimuth mount. The AAT was however one of the very first telescopes to be fully computer-controlled, and set new standards for pointing and tracking accuracy.

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