Components of the Active Phasing Experiment (APE)
Components of the Active Phasing Experiment (APE). APE is designed to validate technologies for accurate alignment of the segmented mirror of the forthcoming European Extremely Large Telescope (E-ELT), by testing them on the Very Large Telescope (VLT). Image taken in May 2006.
Credit:ESO
About the Image
Id: | eso_e-elt-ape_may2006-2611 |
Type: | Photographic |
Release date: | 3 December 2009, 23:21 |
Size: | 2912 x 4368 px |
About the Object
Name: | APE |
Type: | Unspecified : Technology : Observatory : Instrument |
Category: | ELT |
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