Two Auxiliary Telescopes

The four 1.8-m Auxiliary Telescopes (ATs) at Paranal Observatory were designed for interferometry and therefore essentially dedicated to the VLTI. This image shows two of them.

Credit:

ESO/D. Crabtree

About the Image

Id:11_11_07_107-cc
Type:Photographic
Release date:16 March 2012, 16:44
Related science announcements:sciann13051
Size:3848 x 2821 px

About the Object

Name:Auxiliary Telescopes, Paranal, Very Large Telescope Interferometer
Type:Unspecified : Technology : Observatory : Telescope
Category:Paranal

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