The AMBER instrument

AMBER (a creative acronym for Astrometrical Multi BEam combineR) is one of the VLTI instruments. It combines the light of 3 telescopes, and disperses to analyse its spectrum. The very complex optical table is required to clean up and adjust the beams from the 3 telescopes.

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ESO

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Id:eso0706a
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Release date:23 February 2007
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About the Object

Name:Very Large Telescope Interferometer
Type:Unspecified : Technology : Observatory : Instrument
Category:Paranal

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