... ESO is building what will be the World's largest optical telescope array, The Very Large Telescope (VLT). The VLT Project organisation is responsible for the design and construction of the Unit Telescopes, including enclosures, optics, adapter-rotators and coating unit. ... Unit Telescopes Overview - This page is outdated, an update is in process. ... Secondary mirror (M2 Unit) - This page is outdated, an update is in process. ... Coating Unit - This page is outdated, an update is in process. ...

Discover the cosmos! ... December 27, 1996 . HET: The New Largest Optical Telescope . ... To peer into our cosmos' unknown depths, astronomers must deploy new tools - and the classic new tool is a larger telescope. ... HET currently has the largest single mirror of any optical telescope -- 11 meters in diameter. ... HET 's huge size, on the other hand, allows it to see very dim objects and determine their spectrum. ... About APOD > . ...

Astronomy Picture of the Day . A Very Large Array of Radio Telescopes . ... 20.06.1999 . ... Credit: NRAO , NSF Explanation: Pictured above is one of the world's premiere radio astronomical observatories: The Very Large Array (VLA). ... The VLA is the most sensitive radio telescope ever, and, through interferometry , can resolve a golf ball-sized radio source 150 kilometers away (0.04 arcsec). ... Publications with keywords: radio - telescope . Publications with words: radio - telescope . ...

... The British consortium, currently led by Professor Gordon Bromage of the University of Central Lancashire , includes the Universities of Keele , Nottingham and Southampton , the Open University and Armagh Observatory and will be joining the other partners in the SALT project, from South Africa, Poland, Germany, USA and New Zealand. ... SALT Dome . ... The SALT project is managed by a team based at the SALT Headquarters at Sutherland and South African Astronomical Observatory in Cape Town. ...

... Telescopes . ... The time requests are accepted in an electronic version with on-line form in Russian or English. ... Unregistered request will be disregarded by the Large Telescopes Programm Committee. In exclusive cases the secreatry of the Committee is entitled to accept an observational time request given permission of the Chairman of the Committee or the director of the SAO RAS. The Program Committee considers generally one time request submitted by the principal applicant. ...

... ATNF Home . ... About ATNF overview . ... Australia Telescope Steering Committee . ... Tips on holding a viewing night . ... Multi-Wavelength View of the Interstellar Medium in the Large Magellanic Cloud . ... The Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) has been surveyed in optical emission lines, X-rays, radio continuum, H I , and CO lines. ... Keywords: Magellanic Clouds - galaxies: ISM - ISM: general - ISM: structure - ISM: bubbles - supernova remnants . ... Structures of the Interstellar Medium in the LMC ...

... Armagh Planetarium . ... Universe . ... Posted on April 19, 2012 | ... Continue Reading.. ... 2 Comments In the upcoming weeks you will be hearing in the news the words тАЬDragon SpacecraftтАЭ, so Sinead McNicholl has the full story on what exactly this new vehicle is and [ ] . ... Posted on March 29, 2012 | 3 Comments The month of April is fantastic month for stargazing and for astronomy in general with numerous dates to mark in your calendar. €аFrom Earth Day celebrated on 22 April, in [ ] . ...