PDS_VERSION_ID = PDS3 LABEL_REVISION_NOTE = " 24 Apr 2004 A.C.Raugh Creation " OBJECT = INSTRUMENT_HOST INSTRUMENT_HOST_ID = "CAO22M" OBJECT = INSTRUMENT_HOST_INFORMATION INSTRUMENT_HOST_NAME = "CALAR ALTO OBSERVATORY 2.2M TELESCOPE" INSTRUMENT_HOST_TYPE = "EARTH BASED" INSTRUMENT_HOST_DESC = " Overview ======== The Calar Alto Observatory and the German-Spanish Astronomical Center are located in the Sierra de Los Filabres in Andalucia, southern Spain. The Max-Planck-Institute fur Aeronomie, Heidelberg, operates three telescopes at this facility. Additional information about the observatory and the telescopes and instruments available to observers may be found on the observatory home page at this URL: http://www.mpia-hd.mpg.de/Public/CAHA/ The summary information provided here was obtained from the above site. Observatory Coordinates ======================= Longitude: 2.54625 degrees West Latitude: 37.2236 degrees North Altitude: 2168 meters Telescope Overview ================== The 2.2 meter telescope at Calar Alto was commissioned in the summer of 1979. It has both a Ritchey-Chretien and a Coude focus; the RC system has an optional corrector. Telescope Parameters: Aperture 2200 mm Hour Angle range -16:40 to +16:40 RC System Coude System w/corr wo/corr ------------------ ------------ Focal length (mm) 17037 17611 8800 f/ratio 1/7.744 1/8.005 1/40 FOV (arcmin) 67 33 5 Scale (''/mm) 12.1 11.7 2.34 " END_OBJECT = INSTRUMENT_HOST_INFORMATION OBJECT = INSTRUMENT_HOST_REFERENCE_INFO REFERENCE_KEY_ID = "N/A" END_OBJECT = INSTRUMENT_HOST_REFERENCE_INFO END_OBJECT = INSTRUMENT_HOST END