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Instrumentation activities at the MPIA are divided in two categories:

Ground Based Telescopes and Instruments

Infrared Space Observatories

Our department actively supports both categories - that means all kinds of astronomical instrumentation ranging from space instruments like PACS, long baseline interferometers like MIDI, and a number of Adaptive Optics instruments like NACO.

Ongoing instrumentation projects in our department
ASTRALUX
Lucky Imaging Camera at the Calar Alto 2.2-m telescope.
Contact Scientist at MPIA: Stefan Hippler
PYRAMIR
 A Pyramid Infrared Wavefront Sensor for the Calar Alto Observatory
Contact Scientist at MPIA: Markus Feldt
SPHERE
 High-Contrast Adaptive Optics Instrument for finding and observing extra-solar Planets. Contact Scientist at MPIA: Markus Feldt
PRIMA-DDL
 Phase Referenced Imaging and Microarcsecond Astrometry with a Differential Delay Line. Contact Scientist at MPIA: Ralf Launhardt
MATISSE
A mid-infrared imaging spectro-interferometer for the VLT.
Contact Scientist at MPIA: Sebastian Wolf
GRAVITY
The Universe in Motion. Precision Astrometry with the VLT Interferometer.
Contact Scientist at MPIA: Wolfgang Brandner
LAIWO
 The Large Area Imager for the Wise Observatory.
Contact Scientist at MPIA: Cristina Afonso
MIDIR
 A thermal and mid-infrared imager and spectrograph for the E-ELT.
Contact Scientist at MPIA: Rainer Lenzen
MIRI
Mid-infrared Instrument for the James Webb Space Telescope.
Contact Scientist at MPIA: Oliver Krause
NIRSPEC
 The near-infrared spectrograph for the James Webb Space Telescope. Contact Scientist at MPIA: Oliver Krause
PACS
 Photoconductor Array Camera and Spectrometer for the HERSCHEL Observatory. Contact Scientis at MPIA: Oliver Krause

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