ELT site testing — Vizcachas / Chile

The above picture shows a view of the desert around Vizcachas, a site located in Chile, not very far from the ESO La Silla Observatory, home to the 3.6-metre telescope and its very successful exoplanet hunter HARPS.

The ELT programme office has studied half a dozen potential sites for the future ELT observatory, which, with its 40-metre-class diameter, will be the world’s biggest eye on the sky. Various aspects need to be considered in the site selection process. Vizcachas was on the ELT Site Selection Advisory Committee’s final short list for the recommended site.

Crédit:

ESO

À propos de l'image

Identification:vizcachas20078274_cc
Type:Photographique
Date de publication:4 mars 2010 11:40
Taille:2912 x 4368 px

À propos de l'objet

Nom:Atacama Desert
Type:Solar System : Planet : Feature : Surface
Catégorie:Solar System

Image Formats

Grand JPEG
3,4 Mio
JPEG taille écran
515,6 Kio

Fonds d'écran

1024x768
235,0 Kio
1280x1024
395,5 Kio
1600x1200
554,6 Kio
1920x1200
607,4 Kio
2048x1536
879,0 Kio