TELESCOPE INFORMATION
 

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CAHA 2.2m Telescope
Location: Calar Alto Observatory, Almeria, Spain
Property: Centro Astronómico Hispáno Alemán (CAHA), Spain
Operated by: Centro Astronómico Hispáno Alemán (CAHA), Spain
Operative since: 1979
Phone: +34 950230988 Fax: +34 950230373
Email: director@caha.es Web Page: http://www.caha.es
Full address: Centro Astronómico Hispáno Alemán (CAHA)
C/ Jesús Durbán Remón 2-2
04004 Almería, Spain
Description: The CAHA 2.2m is an equatorially mounted telescope with an f/8 Ritchey Chrétien focus (f/7.7 with corrector) and an f/40 Coudé focus.

The instrumentation includes:

-. CAFOS: Focal reducer (f/4.4) providing imaging with a of FOV 16', spectroscopy and polarimetry.

-. BUSCA: Camera which allows simultaneous imaging in 4 different colours

-. ASTRALUX: Lucky imaing camera

-. MAGIC: IR imager and spectrograph
Further details: http://www.caha.es
More information: http://www.caha.es/CAHA/TAC/index.html
Funding sources: Max Planck Gesellschaft (MPG) and Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Contact Person:
Name: Thiele,  Ulrich Role/Function: Astronomy Department Head
Email: uthiele@caha.es Phone: +34 950 632 513
Fax: +34 950 632 504  Institution: CAHA, MPIA
Full Address: Centro Astronómico Hispáno Alemán - CAHA
C/ Jesús Durbán Remón 2-2
04004 - Almería
Spain
 

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