SLODAR Instrument at Paranal
This small telescope feeds an instrument that monitors the vertical profile of the atmospheric turbulence, using the so-called “Slope Detection and Ranging (SLODAR)” technique. The instrument, developed by Durham University and ESO, was installed at ESO’s Paranal Observatory in March 2011 for a statistical characterisation of the site, and is seen here during its commissioning process.
Credit:
T. Butterley/ESO
About the Image
| Id: | slodar-butterley-2 |
| Type: | Photographic |
| Release date: | 19 July 2011, 10:06 |
| Size: | 2304 x 3456 px |
About the Object
| Name: | Paranal, SLODAR |
| Type: | • Unspecified : Technology : Observatory : Instrument • X - Paranal |
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