Team Effort
This image shows some of the people behind the scenes at the technical acceptance of the massive 3-ton blank for the ELT’s secondary mirror.
M2 will be the largest ever secondary mirror employed on a telescope, as well as the largest convex mirror ever produced. Fabricating this highly convex, aspherical mirror is a considerable challenge — and the result will be a truly remarkable example of pioneering optical engineering. The secondary mirror and its support system — weighing 12 tonnes — will hang upside-down high above the 39-metre primary mirror.
Crediti:
SCHOTT
A proposito dell'immagine
Identificazione: | ann19003b |
Tipo: | Fotografico |
Data di pubblicazione: | Mercoledì 16 Gennaio 2019 10:00 |
Annunci al proposito: | ann19003 |
Dimensione: | 2362 x 1574 px |
A proposito delll'oggetto
Nome: | Extremely Large Telescope |
Tipo: | Unspecified : Technology |
Categoria: | ELT |