60 inch Reflector

The Danish 1.54 m Telescope is, according to its name, a Danish telescope with a diameter of 1.54 m.It is situated on La Silla, Chile, with around 15 other telescopes. As Denmark is a member of European Southern Observatory (ESO), the observing time is divided between ESO and Danish astronomers. The telescope was build by Grubb-Parsons and operational in 1979. The telescope has an off-axis equatorial mount and the optics is of a Ritchey-Chrétien design. An instrument adaptor is mounted below the mirro cell, and below this is the FASU (Filter And Shutter Unit). The adaptor provides facilities for auto guiding while additional filters can be mounted in the converging beam in FASU.

Ref: http://www.astro.ku.dk/~ijaf/reports/BH_report.pdf

http://www.eso.org/public/teles-instr/lasilla/danish154.html