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.
Credit:
SCHOTT
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Id: | ann19003b |
Type: | Fotografisch |
Publicatiedatum: | 16 januari 2019 10:00 |
Gerelateerde mededelingen: | ann19003 |
Grootte: | 2362 x 1574 px |
Over het object
Naam: | Extremely Large Telescope |
Type: | Unspecified : Technology |
Categorie: | ELT |