The ELT Prefocal Station
In March 2018 ESO signed a contract with the Spanish company IDOM for the production of a major new component of ESO’s Extremely Large Telescope. The Prefocal Station A Main System will direct the light collected by the telescope’s huge optical system into science instruments and other test equipment. The Prefocal Station also contains parts of the active optics system of the telescope.
Credit:ESO/IDOM
About the Image
Id: | ann18017a |
Type: | Artwork |
Release date: | 21 March 2018, 16:00 |
Related announcements: | ann18017 |
Size: | 5512 x 7500 px |
About the Object
Name: | Extremely Large Telescope |
Type: | Unspecified : Technology : Observatory : Instrument |
Category: | Illustrations |
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