MPG/ESO 2.2 m Telescope

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The MPG/ESO 2.2 m Telescope is a 2.2-meter optical telescope operated jointly by the Max Planck Society and the European Southern Observatory, widely used for imaging and survey work in the southern sky.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ground-based telescope
optical telescope
reflecting telescope
apertureSize 2.2 m
collaborationBetween European Southern Observatory
Max Planck Society
commissionedBy European Southern Observatory
Max Planck Society
country Chile
diameter 2.2 m
hasInstrument FEROS
GROND
Wide Field Imager
hasSurvey COMBO-17 survey
ESO Imaging Survey
GROND follow-up programs
GaBoDS survey
hemisphereCoverage southern sky
locatedIn Atacama Desert region
linked to: Atacama Desert

Chile
La Silla Observatory
mountType equatorial mount
notableInstrument FEROS
GROND
Wide Field Imager
observatoryCode 809
operator European Southern Observatory
Max Planck Society
organizationAffiliation European Southern Observatory
Max Planck Institute for Astronomy
owner European Southern Observatory
Max Planck Society
partOfObservatory La Silla Observatory telescope array
primaryMirrorDiameter 2.2 m
primaryScienceUse cosmological surveys
extragalactic astronomy
gamma-ray burst follow-up
stellar astronomy
siteAltitude approximately 2400 m
telescopeClass 2–4 meter class telescope
telescopeType Ritchey–Chrétien telescope
usedFor imaging
southern sky surveys
survey astronomy
wide-field imaging
wavelengthRange near-infrared
optical

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La Silla Observatory hasTelescope MPG/ESO 2.2 m Telescope
WFI wide field imager mountedOn ESO/MPG 2.2-metre telescope
linked to: MPG/ESO 2.2 m Telescope
FEROS spectrograph telescopeMountedOn MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope
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FEROS spectrograph laterRelocatedTo MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope
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FEROS spectrograph belongsToFacility MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope facility
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ESO La Silla Paranal Observatory hasPart MPG/ESO 2.2-metre Telescope
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GROND mountedOn MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope
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GaBoDS survey usesTelescope ESO/MPG 2.2-metre telescope
linked to: MPG/ESO 2.2 m Telescope
FEROS installedOn MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope
linked to: MPG/ESO 2.2 m Telescope
FEROS hostInstitution Max Planck Gesellschaft / ESO 2.2-m telescope collaboration
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