Project Overview
| Built under ESO contract by: |
Landessternwarte
Heidelberg University Observatory Göttingen University Observatory Munich |
| Principal Investigator | Immo Appenzeller (Heidelberg) |
| Project Scientist | Gero Rupprecht (ESO Garching) |
| Instrument Scientist | Ivo Saviane (ESO Santiago and Paranal) |
| Instrument Operation Team |
Carlo Izzo, Palle Moller, Gero Rupprecht, Sabine Moehler (ESO Garching), Pedro Baksai, Miguel Riquelme (ESO Paranal), Ivo Saviane (ESO Santiago and Paranal) |
| Location | Cassegrain VLT : FORS1 at Kueyen (UT2) & FORS2 at Antu (UT1) |
| Project status | FORS1: installed on Antu,
First Light September 15, 1998 FORS1: in operation since April 1, 1999 FORS1: moved to Melipal since July 31, 2001 FORS1: moved back to Antu since October 22, 2002 FORS1: new external calibration units since March 22, 2003 FORS1: moved to Kueyen since June 05, 2004 FORS1: no longer offered as of P83 FORS2: installed on Kueyen, First Light on October 29, 1999 FORS2: in operation since April 1, 2000 FORS2: moved to Yepun since June 5, 2001 FORS2: new mosaic CCD detector since March 22, 2002 FORS2: new external calibration units since April 14, 2003 FORS2: moved to Antu since June 05, 2004 |