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<h2 id="construction">Construction</h2> <p>Parts for the telescopes were constructed by international companies:<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:11" href="#fn:11"><sup>11</sup></a> </p> <ul><li>The mirror blank was cast in Russia.</li> <li>The blank was optical figured in Maryland, USA.</li> <li>Assembly was performed in Arizona, USA.</li> <li>The dome was built in Australia.</li> <li>The <a href="/facts/Spectrograph/BjshQbA8">spectrograph</a> was designed and built in <a href="/facts/California/zLW2vdQJ">California</a>.</li> <li>It is located on <a href="/facts/Mount_Hamilton_(California)/ndPvvI8y">Mount Hamilton</a> in California.</li></ul> <h2 id="collaboration-with-breakthrough-listen">Collaboration with Breakthrough Listen</h2> <p>The telescope is also being used to search for optical signals coming from <a href="/facts/Laser/jk6PTvvT">laser</a> transmissions from hypothetical extraterrestrial civilizations (<a href="/facts/Search_for_extraterrestrial_intelligence/dh8h2HNn">search for extraterrestrial intelligence</a> - SETI). This undertaking is performed for the heavily funded <a href="/facts/Breakthrough_Listen/AS2MEd8N">Breakthrough Listen</a> project of the <a href="/facts/Berkeley_SETI_Research_Center/VBt4PFtx">Berkeley SETI Research Center</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:12" href="#fn:12"><sup>12</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/List_of_large_optical_telescopes/jQCECL2A">List of large optical telescopes</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/List_of_astronomical_observatories/Qr6WN6Q6">List of astronomical observatories</a></li></ul> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <ul><li><a href="http://www.ucolick.org/public/telescopes/apf.html">Automated Planet Finder Telescope - ucolick.org</a></li> <li><a href="http://mthamilton.ucolick.org/apfcam/">APF Camera view of Dome - ucolick.org</a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>"Telescopes of the Lick Observatory". University of California Observatories. 2015. Retrieved 2016-08-23. <a href="http://www.ucolick.org/public/telescopes/apf.html" target="_blank">http://www.ucolick.org/public/telescopes/apf.html</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>Steven S. Vogt et al., APF - The Lick Observatory Automated Planet Finder, 26 February 2014. <a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/1402.6684" target="_blank">https://arxiv.org/abs/1402.6684</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>Powell, Hugh. "Major gift supports crucial piece of Automated Planet Finder". UC Santa Cruz. Archived from the original on 2008-06-13. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080613013718/http://www.ucsc.edu/news_events/text.asp?pid=1537" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20080613013718/http://www.ucsc.edu/news_events/text.asp?pid=1537</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>Perlman, David (August 21, 2010). "Automated Planet Finder telescope seeks life". San Francisco Chronicle. <a href="http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Automated-Planet-Finder-telescope-seeks-life-3177056.php" target="_blank">http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Automated-Planet-Finder-telescope-seeks-life-3177056.php</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>Steven S. Vogt et al., APF - The Lick Observatory Automated Planet Finder, 26 February 2014. <a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/1402.6684" target="_blank">https://arxiv.org/abs/1402.6684</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>UCO Director Newsletters: Newsletter #6 October 2009 <a href="http://ucodirector.blogspot.com/2009/10/uco-newsletter-6-october-2009.html" target="_blank">http://ucodirector.blogspot.com/2009/10/uco-newsletter-6-october-2009.html</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:7"><p>"Telescopes of the Lick Observatory". University of California Observatories. 2015. Retrieved 2016-08-23. <a href="http://www.ucolick.org/public/telescopes/apf.html" target="_blank">http://www.ucolick.org/public/telescopes/apf.html</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:8"><p>"Mt. Hamilton Telescopes: Carnegie Double Astrograph". <a href="https://www.ucolick.org/public/telescopes/apf.html" target="_blank">https://www.ucolick.org/public/telescopes/apf.html</a> <a href="#fnref:8" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:9"><p>"Telescopes of the Lick Observatory". University of California Observatories. 2015. Retrieved 2016-08-23. <a href="http://www.ucolick.org/public/telescopes/apf.html" target="_blank">http://www.ucolick.org/public/telescopes/apf.html</a> <a href="#fnref:9" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:10"><p>"Telescopes of the Lick Observatory". University of California Observatories. 2015. Retrieved 2016-08-23. <a href="http://www.ucolick.org/public/telescopes/apf.html" target="_blank">http://www.ucolick.org/public/telescopes/apf.html</a> <a href="#fnref:10" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:11"><p>"Telescopes of the Lick Observatory". University of California Observatories. 2015. Retrieved 2016-08-23. <a href="http://www.ucolick.org/public/telescopes/apf.html" target="_blank">http://www.ucolick.org/public/telescopes/apf.html</a> <a href="#fnref:11" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:12"><p>Zhang, Sarah (20 July 2015). "A Russian Tycoon Is Spending $100 Million to Hunt for Aliens". Wired. <a href="https://www.wired.com/2015/07/russian-tycoon-spending-100-million-hunt-aliens/" target="_blank">https://www.wired.com/2015/07/russian-tycoon-spending-100-million-hunt-aliens/</a> <a href="#fnref:12" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>