Calar Alto
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| 3.5m telescope |
| ALFA |
Adaptive Optics with a Layer for Astronomy |
Decommissioned |
| LAICA |
Large Area Imager for Calar Alto |
Operational |
| MOSCA |
Multi Object Spectrogragh for Calar Alto |
Operational |
| OMEGA 2000 |
Near Infrared Wide-Field Prime Focus Camera (2K detector) |
Operational |
| OMEGA CASS |
New Infrared Prime Focus Multimode Imager / Spectrometer |
Operational, currently available only in imaging mode |
| OMEGA PRIME |
Near Infrared Wide-Field Prime Focus Camera |
Decommissioned |
| PYRAMIR |
Pyramid Infrared Wavefront Sensor |
Decomissioned |
| TWIN |
Double spectrograph for the 3.5m telescope |
Operational |
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| 2.2m telescope |
| AstraLux |
Lucky Imaging for high spatial resolution |
Operational |
| CAFOS |
Calar Alto Faint Object Spectrograph |
Operational |
| COUDÉ |
COUDÉ with MAGIC |
Decommissioned |
| MAGIC |
MPI for Astronomy general-purpose near-IR Camera |
Operational |
| PANIC |
Panoramic near-infrared camera |
Under development,
installation in fall 2011 |
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| 1.23m telescope |
| CCD-Imager |
Charge Coupled Device Imager for the 1.23m telescope |
Currently not offered |
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ESO/La Silla
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| WFI |
Wide field imager on the ESO/MPG 2.2m telescope |
Operational |
| AstraLux Sur |
Lucky Imaging Camera at the 3.5m NTT |
Operational,
visitor instrument |
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ESO/Paranal
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| ESPRI / PRIMA |
Exoplanet Search with PRIma, the Differential Delay Line project for PRIMA (Phase-Referenced Imaging and Micro-arcsecond Astrometry) |
Differential delay lines installed in Sept. 2008, integration and tests of other subsystems in 2009, commissioning in 2010,
to become operational in 2011 |
| GRAVITY |
GRAVITY is an adaptive optics assisted near-infrared instrument for precision narrow-angle astrometry and interferometric phase referenced imaging of faint objects.
It will coherently combine all four beams from the VLT unit telescopes |
Under development,
installation 2012 |
| MATISSE |
Multi AperTure mid-Infrared SpectroScopic Experiment, a mid-infrared imaging spectro-interferometer for the VLTI |
Under development,
installation 2014 |
| MIDI |
Mid-infrared Interferometric Instrument for VLTI |
Operational |
| NACO |
NAOS-CONICA adaptive optics system |
Operational |
| PARSEC |
PARSEC – the laser for the VLT |
Operational |
| SPHERE |
Spectroscopic and polarimetric
high-contrast exoplanet research, the VLT planet finder instrument |
Under development,
installation 2011 |
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LBT
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| LBT-SW |
LBT Software Development |
MPIA contributed to this
project until mid-2009 |
| LINC-NIRVANA |
LBT Interferometric Camera and Near-Infrared / Visible Adaptive Interferometer for Astronomy, an imaging beam combiner for the LBT |
Under development,
installation 2013 |
| LUCIFER |
LBT NIR spectroscopic Utility with Camera and Integral-Field Unit for Extragalactic Research, two NIR spectrographs for the LBT |
LUCIFER1 operational since Dec. 2009.
Installation of LUCIFER2
in spring 2011 |
| ARGOS |
Advanced Rayleigh guided Ground layer adaptive Optics System, the laser guide star system for the LBT |
Under development,
installation 2012 |
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WISE Observatory
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| LAIWO |
The Large Area Imager for the Wise Observatory |
Operational |
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UKIRT
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| MAX |
Mid infrared Array eXpandible |
Decommissioned |
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E-ELT
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| METIS |
Mid infrared E-ELT Imager and Spectrograph
METIS will provide AO supported diffraction limited direct imaging, low resolution longslit spectroscopy, high resolution IFU spectroscopy in the thermal infrared at 3 – 5.5 µm and 8 - 14 µm |
Phase A study completed in Dec 2009 |
| MICADO |
Multi-AO Imaging Camera for Deep Observations. Adaptive optics imaging camera that will provide diffraction limited imaging over a 1' × 1' field of view |
Phase A study completed in Dec 2009 |
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