Magellan Telescopes
(pair of 6.5 m optical telescopes in Chile)
The Magellan Telescopes are a pair of 6.5-meter
optical reflector telescopes
at the Las Campanas Observatory in Chile.
They are named Baade and Clay after two astronomers.
Surveys include the Magellan Planet Search Program
using the MIKE echelle spectrograph on the Clay Telescope.
Instruments on the Baade Telescope:
Instruments on Clay Telescope:
- MIKE - double-echelle spectrograph.
- LDSS3 - wide-field multi-slit spectrograph.
- MEGACAM - large mosaic CCD camera.
- MagAO - secondary mirror/adaptive optics system.
Instruments that can be installed and used in place of MIKE:
- M2FS - Michigan/Magellan Fiber System
- PFS - The Planet Finding Spectrograph.
- PISCO - a simultaneous multi band visible imager.
Previously listed instruments:
- MMIRS - NIR imager and multi-slit spectrograph.
- MagIC - direct imaging CCD camera.
- PANIC - near-IR imager.
(telescope,reflector,visible light,infrared,ground,Chile)
Further reading:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magellan_Telescopes
https://obs.carnegiescience.edu/Magellan
http://www.lco.cl/?page_id=228
http://ast.noao.edu/facilities/other/magellan
Referenced by pages:
Atacama Desert
Gregorian telescope
Las Campanas Observatory (LCO)
MagIC
monolithic mirror
PRIMUS
FourStar Galaxy Evolution Survey (ZFOURGE)
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