MPG/ESO telescope

The MPG/ESO-2 0.2 - m telescope (English MPG / ESO 2.2 m Telescope ) is a reflecting telescope of ESO in Ritchey -Chrétien Mount with 2.2 m aperture and part of the La Silla Observatory in Chile. It was built in 1983 by the Zeiss company and has been in operation since 1984. It is a perpetual loan from the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy MPIA, headquartered in Heidelberg, as part of the Max Planck Society Max Planck Society at the European Southern Observatory. The observation times of the telescope will be split between MPIA and ESO, during operation, and maintenance are the responsibility of the ESO. The telescope is located at an altitude of 2335 m.

Instruments

The optical and near-infrared telescope is equipped with three instruments:

• Wide Field Imager

• GROND, the gamma - ray burst Optical / Near-Infrared Detector with which one explores the gamma-ray bursts, the most energetic bursts of energy in the entire universe

• FEROS, a high-resolution spectrograph for detailed studies of stars

Observations

In November 2010, has been discovered with this telescope b HIP 13044, a Jupiter - like planet with origin of its star from an absorbed from our home galaxy dwarf galaxy.

Gallery

Image of NGC 4755 taken by the Wide Field Imager on the 0.2 -meter telescope MPG/ESO-2

Recording of the Lagoon Nebula using the Wide Field Imager

A one - square - degree image of the Tarantula Nebula and its surroundings, based on recordings of the Wide Field Imager

The MPG/ESO-2 0.2 -meter telescope in its dome in 1996

Aerial view of La Silla