Swiss T70 telescope (decommissioned)
The Swiss T70 telescope was installed on La Silla in 1980, replacing the Swiss 0.4-metre telescope, the previous Swiss national telescope. Like the Swiss 0.4-metre telescope, this telescope was equipped with the P7 photometer, which is a two-channel photometer for quasi-simultaneous measurements in the 7-filter Geneva photometric system. In 1998, when the Swiss 1.2-metre Leonhard Euler Telescope became operational at La Silla, the Swiss T70 telescope was decommissioned.
Science goals
High precision photometry.
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Swiss T70 telescope
| Name: | Swiss T70 telescope |
| Site: | La Silla |
| Altitude: | 2375 m |
| Enclosure: | Classical dome |
| Type: | Photometric telescope |
| Optical design: | Cassegrain reflector |
| Diameter. Primary M1: | 0.70 m |
| Material. Primary M1: | N/A |
| Diameter. Secondary M2: | N/A |
| Material. Secondary M2: | N/A |
| Mount: | Equatorial fork mount |
| First Light date: | 8 August 1980 |
| Decommissioning date: | Decommissioned in 1998 |