The ESPRESSO instrument on ESO’s Very Large Telescope in Chile has used the combined light of all four of the 8.2-metre Unit Telescopes for the first time. Combining light from the Unit Telescopes in this way makes the VLT the largest optical telescope in existence in terms of collecting area.
The release, images and videos are available on:
https://www.eso.org/public/news/eso1806/
Kind regards,
Mgr. Viktor Votruba PhD
ESON Czech Republic
Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic
eson-czech@eso.org
13. února 2018
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