The Automated Planet Finder Telescope (APF) is a fully automated 2.4-meter optical telescope under construction at Lick Observatory designed to search for extrasolar planets in the range of five to twenty times the mass of the Earth.
The Automated Planet Finder Telescope (APF) is a fully automated 2.4-meter optical telescope under construction at Lick Observatory, situated on the summit of Mount Hamilton, east of San Jose, California, USA. It is designed to search for extrasolar planets in the range of five to twenty times the mass of the Earth.