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Group 70
Group 70 Large amateur Telescope
Organization	Group 70
Location	TBD Northern California
Wavelength	Optical & IR
Built	TBD
Telescope style	Nasmyth Cassegrain
Diameter	1.8 meters, 5.8 feet, 70 inches
Collecting area	2.5 m², 26.7 ft², 3848 in²
Focal length	5.05 meters, 16.5 feet, 199 inches (f2.8)
Mounting	Alt Azimuth
Dome	TBD
Website	http://group70.org

Group 70 is a non-profit educational organization comprised of people from many countries all around the world and many walks of life seeking to make astronomy available to the peoples of the world. They began in 1988 with the goal of building a large amateur telescope, a 70 inch (1.8 m) astronomical instrument. Upon completion it would be the largest telescope in the world built by and for amateur astronomers. Beyond building a large aperture telescope, they offer related instrumentation and services to those in amateur, professional and educational fields of astronomy.