The HELIOS instrument at the ESO 3.6-metre telescope in Chile

HELIOS is an instrument that was installed in April 2018 to feed sunlight via fibre optics to the HARPS (High Accuracy Radial velocity Planet Searcher) spectrograph.

This picture shows a sunset view of the HELIOS solar telescope attached to the catwalk of the ESO 3.6-metre telescope at La Silla. The dome of the decommissioned Coudé Auxiliary Telescpe (CAT) appears at the right.

Credit:

ESO/X. Dumusque

About the Image

Id:ann18033c
Type:Photographic
Release date:17 May 2018, 11:00
Related announcements:ann18033
Size:4608 x 3456 px

About the Object

Name:ESO 3.6-metre telescope
Type:Unspecified : Technology : Observatory : Instrument
Category:La Silla

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