VLTI delay lines
The VLTI Delay Lines, which lie below the ground at Paranal, inside a 168-m tunnel. They form an essential part of this very complicated optical system by ensuring that the light beams from several telescopes arrive in phase at the common interferometric focus.
Credit:Enrico Sacchetti/ESO
About the Image
Id: | vlt_006-cc |
Type: | Photographic |
Release date: | 9 July 2015, 10:18 |
Size: | 6336 x 4912 px |
About the Object
Name: | Very Large Telescope Interferometer |
Type: | Early Universe : Technology : Observatory : Facility |
Category: | Paranal |
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