MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope
The 2.2-metre telescope has been in operation at La Silla since early 1984 and is on indefinite loan to ESO from the Max Planck Society (Max Planck Gesellschaft or MPG in German). Telescope time is shared between MPG and ESO observing programmes, while the operation and maintenance of the telescope are ESO’s responsibility.
The telescope hosts three instruments: the 67-million pixel Wide Field Imager with a field of view as large as the full Moon, which has taken many amazing images of celestial objects; GROND, the Gamma-Ray Burst Optical/Near-Infrared Detector, which chases the afterglows of the most powerful explosions in the Universe, known as gamma-ray bursts; and the high-resolution spectrograph, FEROS, used to make detailed studies of stars.
Science goals
Gamma Ray Burst (GRB) follow-up, spectroscopy.
Links
- Images taken with the MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope
- Images of the MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope
- For scientists: More details can be found on the telescope page
- ESO press releases with results from the MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope
MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope
| Name: | MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope |
| Site: | La Silla |
| Altitude: | 2375 m |
| Enclosure: | Classical dome |
| Type: | Optical & near-infrared telescope |
| Optical design: | Ritchey-Chrétien reflector |
| Diameter. Primary M1: | 2.20 m |
| Material. Primary M1: | ZeroDur |
| Diameter. Secondary M2: | 0.84 m |
| Material. Secondary M2: | ZeroDur |
| Mount: | Equatorial fork mount |
| First Light date: | 22 June 1983 |