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-3 |
Type: | Photographic |
Release date: | 13 August 2011, 09:19 |
Size: | 3456 x 2304 px |
About the Object
Name: | SLODAR |
Type: | Unspecified : Technology : Observatory : Instrument |
Category: | Paranal |