GREGOR solar telescope

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The GREGOR solar telescope is a large ground-based solar observatory in the Canary Islands designed for high-resolution studies of the Sun’s surface and magnetic fields.

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instanceOf ground-based observatory
solar telescope
aperture 1.5 metres
collaboratingCountry Czech Republic NERFINISHED
Germany NERFINISHED
Poland NERFINISHED
Spain NERFINISHED
constructionStart early 2000s
country Spain
designedFor high spatial resolution solar observations
high temporal resolution solar observations
firstLight 2012
focusesOn solar active regions
solar granulation
solar magnetic fields
sunspots
hasCapability high-resolution imaging
spectropolarimetry
time-series observations of solar features
hasFeature alt-azimuth mount
heat stop
high-order adaptive optics
image derotator
open telescope structure
hasInstrument adaptive optics system
imaging spectrograph
imaging spectropolarimeter
locatedIn Canary Islands
Spain
Teide Observatory NERFINISHED
locatedOn Tenerife NERFINISHED
namedAfter Johann Gregor Mendel NERFINISHED
observes Sun NERFINISHED
operatedBy German consortium
Leibniz Institute for Solar Physics NERFINISHED
primaryMirrorDiameter 1.5 metres
replaced Gregory-Coudé Telescope at Teide Observatory NERFINISHED
scientificDiscipline astrophysics
solar physics
scientificPurpose high-resolution studies of the Sun’s surface
solar chromosphere observations
solar photosphere observations
studies of solar magnetic fields
telescopeType solar telescope
wavelengthRange near-infrared
visible light

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Teide Observatory hosts GREGOR solar telescope