Site testing at Cerro Armazones

The European Extremely Large Telescope (E-ELT) Programme Office has studied half a dozen potential sites for the future E-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. Parameters taken into account are not restricted to “sky quality”, but include more general scientific aspects, as well as parameters essential for construction and operations. The above picture shows the site-testing equipment at Cerro Armazones, the site which was selected by the ESO Council.

Källa:

ESO

Om bilden

ID:eso1018e
Typ:Foto
Publiceringsdatum:26 april 2010 16:00
Relaterade pressmeddelanden:eso1018
Storlek:3888 x 2592 px

Om objektet

Namn:Cerro Armazones
Typ:Unspecified : Technology : Observatory
Kategori:ELT

Bildformat

Originalstorlek
14,2 MB
Stor jpeg
3,3 MB
Skärmstor jpeg
318,8 kB

Zoombar


Skrivbordsunderlägg

1024x768
364,9 kB
1280x1024
596,9 kB
1600x1200
854,3 kB
1920x1200
1007,7 kB
2048x1536
1,3 MB