A quartet of telescopes
All four of the VLT's unit telescopes can be seen operating independently in this time-lapse video. This is the way in which they usually function, only operating synchronously to observe a single target using interferometry under special circumstances.
Credit:R. Wesson/ESO
About the Video
Id: | rw_vlt02 |
Release date: | 2 February 2015, 10:35 |
Duration: | 30 s |
Frame rate: | 30 fps |
About the Object
Name: | VLT Unit Telescopes |
Category: | Paranal |