[edit] Template documentation
- For space-based telescopes, use {{Infobox Space telescope}}.
{{Infobox Telescope
|name =
|background = <!--(background color for name)-->
|image = <!--(use full wikicode)-->
|caption =
|organization =
|location =
|coords =
|altitude =
|weather =
|wavelength =
|built =
|first_light =
|website =
|style =
|diameter =
|angular_resolution =
|area =
|focal_length =
|mounting =
|dome =
}}
|
[edit] Parameters
Parameters in bold are required.
Parameter |
Description |
name |
Telescope's name. |
background |
Background color for name. |
image |
Picture of the telescope (use full wikicode). |
caption |
Picture caption (if necessary). |
organization |
Organization responsible for telescope. |
location |
Telescope's location. |
coords |
Telescope's coordinates. Use {{coord}} with display=inline,title. |
altitude |
Height of the telescope above sea-level. Use meters. |
weather |
Average weather conditions at the telescope. |
wavelength |
Wavelengths on which the telescope operates. |
built |
Dates of construction. |
first_light |
Date of telescope's first (celestial) observation. |
style |
Telescope's style (type). |
diameter |
Telescope's diameter. |
angular_resolution |
Telescope's angular resolution. |
area |
Telescope's collecting area. |
focal_length |
Telescope's focal length. |
mounting |
Telescope's mounting. |
dome |
Information about the telescope's dome. |
website |
The URL of the telescope's website. |
[edit] Coordinates
For coordinates, use {{coord}} with display=inline,title. Please do not be overly precise.
[edit] Microformat
The HTML mark up produced by this template includes an hCard microformat, which makes the place-name and location parsable by computers, either acting automatically to catalogue article 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.
hCard uses HTML classes including:
- "adr"
- "county-name"
- "fn"
- "label"
- "locality"
- "nickname"
- "note"
- "org"
- "region"
- "street-address"
- "vcard"
Geo is produced by calling {{coord}}, and uses HTML classes:
- "geo"
- "latitude"
- "longitude"
Please do not rename or remove these classes.
When giving coordinates, please don't be overly precise.