ESO 3.6 m Telescope

E75947
astronomical observatory instrument optical telescope

The ESO 3.6 m Telescope is a major optical telescope operated by the European Southern Observatory in Chile, known for hosting the HARPS spectrograph used in exoplanet discovery.

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ESO 3.6 m telescope 2
ESO 3.6-metre Telescope 1
ESO 3.6m 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf astronomical observatory instrument ⓘ
optical telescope ⓘ
affiliation European Southern Observatory ⓘ
altitude approximately 2400 metres ⓘ
clearAperture 3.6 metres ⓘ
commissionedBy European Southern Observatory ⓘ
constructionStart early 1970s ⓘ
continent South America ⓘ
country Chile ⓘ
diameter 3.6 metres ⓘ
firstLight 1977 ⓘ
governingBody ESO Council ⓘ
hasAcronym ESO 3.6 m Telescope self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: ESO 3.6m
hasFocalStations Cassegrain focus ⓘ
Nasmyth focus ⓘ
hasSpectrograph CES ⓘ
HARPS spectrograph ⓘ
surface form: HARPS
hostInstrument HARPS spectrograph ⓘ
surface form: HARPS
locatedIn Atacama Region ⓘ
Chile ⓘ
La Silla Observatory ⓘ
locatedOn La Silla mountain ⓘ
mirrorMaterial glass ⓘ
mirrorType Ritchey–Chrétien reflector ⓘ
mountType equatorial mount ⓘ
notableFor precision radial-velocity exoplanet searches ⓘ
notableInstrument HARPS spectrograph ⓘ
surface form: HARPS
observatoryCode 809 ⓘ
operator European Southern Observatory ⓘ
organization European Southern Observatory ⓘ
ownedBy European Southern Observatory ⓘ
partOf La Silla Observatory ⓘ
surface form: La Silla Observatory telescope array
primaryMirrorDiameter 3.6 metres ⓘ
primaryScienceTarget exoplanet host stars ⓘ
nearby stars ⓘ
scientificDiscipline astronomy ⓘ
astrophysics ⓘ
specialization high-precision radial-velocity measurements ⓘ
telescopeType reflecting telescope ⓘ
upgraded 1990s ⓘ
usedFor exoplanet discovery ⓘ
extragalactic astronomy ⓘ
galactic astronomy ⓘ
stellar spectroscopy ⓘ
wavelengthRange near-infrared ⓘ
optical ⓘ

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ESO 3.6 m Telescope → hasAcronym → ESO 3.6 m Telescope self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: ESO 3.6m
ESO La Silla Paranal Observatory → hasPart → ESO 3.6 m Telescope ⓘ
this entity surface form: ESO 3.6-metre Telescope
ESO La Silla Paranal Observatory → hasPart → ESO 3.6 m Telescope ⓘ
this entity surface form: La Silla 3.6-metre Telescope
La Silla Observatory → hasTelescope → ESO 3.6 m Telescope ⓘ
HARPS spectrograph → installedOn → ESO 3.6 m Telescope ⓘ
this entity surface form: ESO 3.6 m telescope
HARPS spectrograph → locatedAt → ESO 3.6 m Telescope ⓘ
this entity surface form: ESO 3.6 m telescope