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General Information
The ESO New Technology Telescope (NTT) is an Alt-Az, 3.58m Richey-Chretien telescope which pioneered the use of active optics. The telescope and its enclosure had a revolutionary design for optimal image quality. The NTT first light happened in 1989.

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Instruments
  • EFOSC2, ESO Faint Object Spectrograph and Camera,
  • SuSI-2, high-resolution imager,
  • EMMI, multi-mode spectro-imager, from grism to echelle,
  • SofI, large field Infra-Red (1-2.5micron) spectro-imager
Decomissionned instruments:
  • SUSI-1
  • IRSPEC.

Observing
The Telescope

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Last update: 2006-12-12 Ela
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