Deformable secondary mirror
This image shows the construction of the deformable secondary mirror (DSM), one of the key systems of the VLT Adaptive Optics Facility (AOF) in Paranal, Chile. The thin shell being dismounted and the magnets glued to the back face are visible. To learn more about the mirror's construction and testing read issue 151 of the Messenger.
Credit:ESO
About the Image
Id: | arsenault_fig5a |
Type: | Photographic |
Release date: | 25 July 2013, 14:24 |
Size: | 2560 x 1773 px |
About the Object
Name: | Adaptive Optics |
Type: | Unspecified : Technology : Observatory : Instrument Unspecified : Technology : Observatory : Telescope |
Category: | Survey Telescopes |