ESO and AMOS Sign Contract for the VLTI Auxiliary Telescopes
This photo shows a model of an Auxiliary Telescope during Observing Conditions. The 1.8-m telescope (with an Alt-Az mount, i.e. exactly like the Unit Telescopes) is rigidly anchored to the ground by means of a special interface. The light is directed via a series of mirrors (the Coudé Optical Train) to the bottom of the Telescope. From the Coudé Relay Optics it is sent on to the underground Delay Line Tunnel.
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ESO
About the Image
| Id: | eso9832a |
| Type: | Artwork |
| Release date: | 29 July 1998 |
| Related releases: | eso9832 |
| Size: | 3000 x 3540 px |
About the Object
| Name: | Auxiliary Telescopes, Very Large Telescope Interferometer |
| Type: | • Unspecified : Technology : Observatory : Telescope • X - Paranal |
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