Anna L. Nickel telescope
 The Anna L. Nickel telescope dome | |
| Alternative names | Lick 1m Nickel Reflector |
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| Location | Lick Observatory Main Building, Santa Clara County, California, Pacific States Region |
| Coordinates | 37°20′30″N 121°38′34″W / 37.34172506°N 121.64286913°W |
| Diameter | 1 m (3 ft 3 in) |
| Website | www |
  Location within the United States | |
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The Anna L. Nickel telescope[1] is a 1-meter reflecting telescope located at Lick Observatory in the U.S. state of California.
The smaller dome on the main building at Lick had originally held the secondhand 12-inch Clark refracting telescope, the first telescope to be used at Lick. In 1979 it was replaced with the Anna L. Nickel telescope, a 1-meter reflecting telescope. The telescope is named for Anna L. Nickel, a San Francisco native who donated $50,000, a large portion of her estate, to the Observatory.
The Nickel telescope was built entirely by UC Santa Cruz personnel and utilized many spare parts, including a replacement mirror for the Crossley Reflector. It eased demand for time on the 120-inch C. Donald Shane telescope by taking on research programs that do not require the Shane's greater light-gathering power. Due to its optical design, it can use the same instruments as the Shane so instruments can be tested on it.
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