[ ESO ] La Silla

MPG/ESO 2.2 Telescope
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Technical Overview


GENERAL DATA

LOCATION 

 

LONGITUDE
LATITUDE
ALTITUDE 
70:44:04.54 W
-29:15:15.43 S
2335 m
MADE BY  Carl Zeiss
OPERATING SINCE Early 1984

 
TELESCOPE OPTICAL PARAMETERS
OPTICAL DESIGN Ritchey - Chretien 
FREE APERTURE 2200 mm
FOCAL RATIO f/8.0
SCALE 11.7 arcsec/mm without corrector
FIELD 33 arcmin free from vignetting
OPTICAL QUALITY d 80% Encircled Energy = 0.3 arcsec
FOCUS POSITION Cassegrain
MOUNT  Equatorial - Fork
INSTRUMENT WFI

 
MAIN MIRROR PARAMETERS
DIAMETER 2300 mm
FOCAL RATIO f/3
SHAPE Hyperbolic
MATERIAL Zerodur

 
SECONDARY MIRROR PARAMETERS
DIAMETER 844 mm
SHAPE Hyperbolic
MATERIAL Zerodur
CENTRAL OBSTRUCTION 40 %

2.2 m Telescope


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