M5 support cell at Sener
This photograph, provided by Sener, shows the M5 support cell at the company's premises near Barcelona, Spain. M5 is the fifth mirror on the light path of ESO's Extremely Large Telescope (ELT) and it will be part of the telescope's adaptive-optics system. At 2.2 by 2.7 metres, the mirror is the largest of its kind. The cell’s tip-tilt mechanism will adjust the angle of the mirror to within a few tens of milli-arcsecond accuracy up to 10 times per second, all without bending the mirror.
Credit:Sener
About the Image
Id: | ann24014b |
Type: | Photographic |
Release date: | 4 September 2024, 15:00 |
Related announcements: | ann24014 |
Size: | 3840 x 2160 px |
About the Object
Name: | Extremely Large Telescope |
Type: | Unspecified : Technology |
Category: | ELT |