Siderostat at the VLT platform
One of the two Siderostats, 0.3-metre fixed telescopes used to feed the VLTI instrument VINCI during test and early science phases. The VLT Interferometer (VLTI) combines the light captured by two or three 8.2-metre Unit Telescopes (UTs) or two or three 1.8-metre Auxiliary Telescopes (ATs), allowing astronomers to see details up to 25 times finer than with the individual telescopes. While the VLT´s ATs are entirely dedicated to interferometry, the VLT´s UTs can work either individually or together in groups of two or three.
Credit:
ESO
About the Image
| Id: | pierre-kervella-tc |
| Type: | Photographic |
| Release date: | 16 April 2010, 17:03 |
| Size: | 5565 x 4416 px |
About the Object
| Name: | Paranal, Very Large Telescope |
| Type: | • Unspecified : Technology : Observatory • X - Paranal |
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