Active Phasing Experiment (APE) for the ELT

The ELT's 39 metre segmented mirror will have to be painstakingly aligned as if it was a single monolithic mirror. To experiment with this challenging allignment — which will have to be accurate to within nanometers (a few millionths of a mm) — the segmented mirror shown here will be installed on the VLT.

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ESO/H.H.Heyer

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Identificazione:esopia_e-elt-asm-5818
Tipo:Fotografico
Data di rilascio:Giovedì 03 Dicembre 2009 23:18
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Nome:Extremely Large Telescope
Tipo:Unspecified : Technology
Categoria:ELT

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