ESPRESSO instrument achieves first light with all four Unit Telescopes

The ESPRESSO instrument on ESO’s Very Large Telescope in Chile has used the combined light of all four of the 8.2-metre Unit Telescopes for the first time. Combining light from the Unit Telescopes in this way makes the VLT the largest optical telescope in existence in terms of collecting area. This picture shows some of the data acquired during first light observations.

Credit:

ESO/D. Mégevand

About the Image

Id:eso1806c
Type:Photographic
Release date:13 February 2018, 15:00
Related releases:eso1806
Size:4032 x 3024 px

About the Object

Name:ESPRESSO
Type:Unspecified : Technology : Observatory : Instrument
Category:Paranal

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