The Active Phasing Experiment for the ELT

A 360 degree panorama view of the Active Phasing Experiment (APE), at ESO’s Headquarters in Garching. APE is designed to test technologies for accurate alignment of the segmented mirror of the forthcoming Extremely Large Telescope (ELT), by testing them on the existing Very Large Telescope (VLT).

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ESO

About the Image

Id:eelt-ape-hh
Type:Photographic
Release date:11 July 2011, 18:12
Size:21251 x 4496 px
Field of View:360° x 76.2°

About the Object

Name:ESO HQ Garching, Extremely Large Telescope, Panorama
Type:Unspecified : Technology : Observatory : Telescope
Unspecified : Technology : Observatory : Facility
Category:360 Panorama
ELT
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