VLTI lab

The light from several telescopes –either the 8.2m UTs or the 1.8m ATs- can be combined so to reveal details much smaller than those visible by a single telescope. This technique is the interferometry, converting the VLT into VLTI. This image shows the laboratory where the light from the telescopes is actually combined.

Credit:

ESO/H.H.Heyer

About the Image

Id:esopia-vlti-lab-7857
Type:Photographic
Release date:3 December 2009, 23:19
Size:4368 x 2912 px

About the Object

Name:Paranal
Type:Unspecified : Technology : Observatory : Facility
Category:Paranal

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