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 Scientists | Emmanuel Jehin and Kieran O'Brien (ESO Santiago and Paranal) |
| Instrument Operation Team |
Carlo Izzo, Roberto Mignani, Palle Moller, Fernandino Patat,
Martino Romaniello, Gero Rupprecht, Mario van den Ancker (ESO Garching), Pedro Baksai, Gordon Gillet, Miguel Riquelme (ESO Paranal), Emmanuel Jehin, Kieran O'Brien, Andreas Kaufer (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 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 |