The observatory is a 1-meter Coudé telescope with a field of view of 0.7 degrees, supported by an English cross-axial mount inside a dome 12.5-meters in diameter. Its main purposes are:
to make scientific astronomical night observations.
It is equipped with a cryogenically cooled mosaic CCD-Camera of 4k×4k pixels. The detection threshold is between 19th and 21st magnitude, which corresponds to a capability to detect space debris objects as small as 10 cm in the geostationary ring. As a large part of the observation time is dedicated to space debris surveys, in particular the observation of space debris in the geostationary ring and in geostationary transfer orbits, the term ESA Space Debris Telescope became used very frequently. Space debris surveys are carried out every month, centered on New Moon.[citation needed]
Since 2006, the telescope has also been used as a receiver station for quantum communication experiments (such as testing Bell's inequality, quantum cryptography, and quantum teleportation), with the sender station being 143 km away in the observatory on La Palma.[1] This is possible because this telescope can be tilted to a near-horizontal position to point it at La Palma, which many large astronomical telescopes are unable to do.
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The ESA Optical Ground Station OGS Telescope or ESA Space Debris Telescope is the European Space Agency s ground based observatory at the Teide Observatory on Tenerife Spain built for the observation of space debris OGS is part of the Artemis experiment and is operated by the IAC Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias and Ataman Science S L U ESA Optical Ground StationThe ESA Optical Ground Station on the left Alternative namesOGS TelescopePart ofTeide Observatory Location s Tenerife Atlantic Ocean international watersCoordinates28 18 03 N 16 30 43 W 28 30096 N 16 51182 W 28 30096 16 51182OrganizationEuropean Space Agency Observatory codeJ04 Telescope styleoptical telescopeRitchey Chretien telescope Diameter1 m 3 ft 3 in Focal length13 3 m 43 ft 8 in Websitewww wbr esa wbr int wbr Our wbr Activities wbr Space wbr Engineering wbr Technology wbr Space wbr Optoelectronics wbr Optical wbr Ground wbr Station wbr OGSLocation of ESA Optical Ground Station Related media on Commons edit on Wikidata The telescope source source source source source source source source Dome operations of the OGSThe observatory is a 1 meter Coude telescope with a field of view of 0 7 degrees supported by an English cross axial mount inside a dome 12 5 meters in diameter Its main purposes are to be the optical ground station of the Artemis telecommunications satellite the project from which the telescope takes its name to survey space debris in different orbits around the Earth to conduct surveys and follow up observations of near Earth objects as part of ESA s Space Situational Awareness programme and to make scientific astronomical night observations It is equipped with a cryogenically cooled mosaic CCD Camera of 4k 4k pixels The detection threshold is between 19th and 21st magnitude which corresponds to a capability to detect space debris objects as small as 10 cm in the geostationary ring As a large part of the observation time is dedicated to space debris surveys in particular the observation of space debris in the geostationary ring and in geostationary transfer orbits the term ESA Space Debris Telescope became used very frequently Space debris surveys are carried out every month centered on New Moon citation needed Since 2006 the telescope has also been used as a receiver station for quantum communication experiments such as testing Bell s inequality quantum cryptography and quantum teleportation with the sender station being 143 km away in the observatory on La Palma 1 This is possible because this telescope can be tilted to a near horizontal position to point it at La Palma which many large astronomical telescopes are unable to do Contents 1 List of discovered minor planets 2 See also 3 References 4 External linksList of discovered minor planets editEAS OGS has been credited by the Minor Planet Center with the discovery of 37 minor planets 2 These are 231609 2009 RV 10 September 2009 list 241554 2010 FA93 23 March 2010 list 246849 2010 FB48 22 March 2010 list 251626 2010 FM53 22 March 2010 list 257422 2010 FR47 22 March 2010 list 257423 2010 FM48 22 March 2010 list284891 Kona 13 September 2009 list 296587 2009 RA26 13 September 2009 list297005 Ellirichter 22 March 2010 list 301679 2010 FA48 22 March 2010 list 312714 2010 RR3 1 September 2010 list 321480 2009 RZ69 10 September 2009 list 321810 2010 RK4 1 September 2010 list 325476 2009 RY 10 September 2009 list 325791 2010 RX4 1 September 2010 list 330873 2009 RQ1 10 September 2009 list332706 Karlheidlas 13 September 2009 list 343557 2010 FX47 22 March 2010 list 343577 2010 FF88 22 March 2010 list 347299 2011 OA28 1 June 2011 list 356298 2010 FT47 22 March 2010 list 362429 2010 RU4 1 September 2010 list 365291 2009 RO26 13 September 2009 list 368098 2013 BP70 6 June 2010 list 369284 2009 RQ26 13 September 2009 list 381725 2009 RP5 13 September 2009 list 386618 2009 RD26 13 September 2009 list 398163 2010 FS47 22 March 2010 list 403532 2010 FG88 22 March 2010 list 419562 2010 RF5 1 September 2010 list420779 Swidwin 11 April 2013 list 436317 2010 FP47 22 March 2010 list 438881 2009 RD28 10 September 2009 list 457818 2009 RB58 10 September 2009 list 463362 2012 TB30 15 September 2012 list 481993 2009 RO27 13 September 2009 list 482129 2010 RC5 1 September 2010 listSee also editList of largest optical telescopes in the 20th century List of minor planet discoverers Discovering dedicated institutionsReferences edit ESA observatory breaks world quantum teleportation record ESA press release 6 September 2012 Minor Planet Discoverers by number Minor Planet Center 12 January 2017 Retrieved 2 February 2017 External links edithttp www iac es eno php op1 3 amp op2 6 amp lang en amp id 7 http sci esa int science e www object index cfm fobjectid 36520 http vmo estec esa int totas Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title ESA Optical Ground Station amp oldid 1188164452, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
