MATISSE undergoing initial tests

The MATISSE (Multi-AperTure mid-Infrared SpectroScopic Experiment) instrument at the Observatoire de la Côte d’Azur in France, where it underwent a suite of initial tests. MATISSE is a new spectro-interferometer, part of the second generation of instruments for the Very Large Telescope Interferometer (VLTI) at ESO’s Paranal Observatory in Chile.


Credit:

MATISSE Project/Y. Bresson

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Id:ann17060b
Type:Photographic
Release date:15 September 2017, 16:00
Related announcements:ann17060
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Name:MATISSE
Type:Unspecified : Technology : Observatory : Instrument
Category:Paranal

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