MPG/ESO 2.2 m Telescope

E75948

ground-based telescope optical telescope reflecting telescope

The MPG/ESO 2.2 m Telescope is a 2.2-meter optical telescope operated jointly by the Max Planck Society and the European Southern Observatory, widely used for imaging and survey work in the southern sky.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ground-based telescope → optical telescope → reflecting telescope →
apertureSize	2.2 m →
collaborationBetween	European Southern Observatory → Max Planck Society →
commissionedBy	European Southern Observatory → Max Planck Society →
country	Chile →
diameter	2.2 m →
hasInstrument	FEROS → GROND → Wide Field Imager →
hasSurvey	COMBO-17 survey → ESO Imaging Survey → GROND follow-up programs → GaBoDS survey →
hemisphereCoverage	southern sky →
locatedIn	Atacama Desert region → Chile → La Silla Observatory →
mountType	equatorial mount →
notableInstrument	FEROS → GROND → Wide Field Imager →
observatoryCode	809 →
operator	European Southern Observatory → Max Planck Society →
organizationAffiliation	European Southern Observatory → Max Planck Institute for Astronomy →
owner	European Southern Observatory → Max Planck Society →
partOfObservatory	La Silla Observatory telescope array →
primaryMirrorDiameter	2.2 m →
primaryScienceUse	cosmological surveys → extragalactic astronomy → gamma-ray burst follow-up → stellar astronomy →
siteAltitude	approximately 2400 m →
telescopeClass	2–4 meter class telescope →
telescopeType	Ritchey–Chrétien telescope →
usedFor	imaging → southern sky surveys → survey astronomy → wide-field imaging →
wavelengthRange	near-infrared → optical →

Referenced by (6)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
FEROS spectrograph ("MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope facility") →	belongsToFacility
ESO La Silla Paranal Observatory ("MPG/ESO 2.2-metre Telescope") →	hasPart
La Silla Observatory →	hasTelescope
FEROS spectrograph ("MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope") →	laterRelocatedTo
WFI wide field imager ("ESO/MPG 2.2-metre telescope") →	mountedOn
FEROS spectrograph ("MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope") →	telescopeMountedOn