Largest robotic telescope

According to Official Guinness Records,

The world's largest fully-robotic telescope is the Liverpool Telescope. Owned by the Astrophysics Research Institute (ARI) of Liverpool John Moores University (JMU), it is located on La Palma, Canary Islands (Spain) and has a main mirror with a diameter of 2m (6.56ft). The telescope, designed for observing in visible wavelengths and near infrared, achieved first light on 27 July 2003.
The telescope was constructed by Telescope Technologies Limited (Liverpool, UK).

For a complete list of 2003 records, please visit 2003 Guinness Records in United Kingdom.

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