MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope - daytime view
The MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope at La Silla has been in operation since early 1984. Operation and maintenance of the telescope was the responsibility of ESO until September 2013. The telescope (which is a fork mounted Ritchey-Chretien) was built by Zeiss and has been in use at La Silla since 1984. It is equipped with WFI, FEROS and GROND.
Credit:ESO/H.H.Heyer
About the Image
| Id: | esopia00046teles |
| Type: | Photographic |
| Release date: | 3 December 2009, 23:18 |
| Size: | 2127 x 3000 px |
About the Object
| Name: | MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope |
| Type: | Unspecified : Technology : Observatory : Telescope |
| Category: | La Silla |
