... 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 Unit Telescopes Overview - This page is outdated, an update is in process.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 Secondary mirror (M2 Unit) - This page is outdated, an update is in process.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 Coating Unit - This page is outdated, an update is in process.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 [ ] . ...

... Astrophysics Group . ... Optical Interferometry . Very Large Telescope Interferometer . ... Optical Interferometry Team Publications . ... VSI is currently the subject of a Phase A study, performed by a European consortium led by Laboratoire d?Astrophysique de l?Observatoire de Grenoble . The Cavendish optical interferometry group are members of the consortium, contributing mostly to the studies of the VSI internal fringe tracker and to the definition of the science cases. ...

... Ciel Espace, le magazine qui vous guide toujours plus loin . ... les plus belles images de l'Univers d†йcrypt†йes pour vous . ... des pages consacr†йes †а la publication de vos photos Mais c'est aussi une vraie communaut†й avec laquelle partager votre passion et nourrir votre curiosit†й. Accueil Ils photographient le ciel au Very Large Telescope . ... Astronomes ou ing†йnieurs, ils profitent de travailler sous le meilleur ciel du monde pour s'adonner †а leur passion de la photographie. ...

... MILT Description . ... Telescope Control System . ... Biblography The Astrophysical Research Consortium (ARC) consists of astronomers at the following institutions: University of Washington, University of Chicago, New Mexico State University, Princeton University, and Washington State University. ... In addition some advancement in the art and engineering of large telescopes will be pursued. The telescope design itself is one of three major project tasks. ...

home publications > mercury . ... Razor-Sharp Radio Astronomy . ... By constructing virtual telescopes the size of continents (and larger), radio astronomers are obtaining spectacular high-resolution results. by T. Joseph W. Lazio . Early radio astronomers faced a problem: Their telescopes had lousy resolution. ... Radio astronomers have spent the last 30 years perfecting very long baseline interferometry (VLBI), synthesizing virtual telescopes the size of a continent or even the size of Earth! ...

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The telescope configured for measurements of exoplanet transit light curves is seen from the north side in this May 2010 photo. Lower portions of the dome have been insulated to reduce daytime heating by radiation from the warm metal dome. ... The interior of the dome is seen soon after the encoder upgrade in February 2007. ... Karen Collins, a research astronomer specializing in exoplanets, helped with the telescope installation in August 2006. ... kielkopf at louisville dot edu . ...

... Освоение космоса (Модератор: Chepurny ) > . E-ELT (European Extremely Large Telescope) . ... Благодарностей: 0 . ... 13 Май 2010, 12:14:53 ? Европейский чрезвычайно большой телескоп" (European Extremely Large Telescope - E-ELT) будет построен в горах пустыни Атакама, объявила на днях Европейская южная обсерватория. ... Ответ #1 : 13 Май 2010, 12:29:34 ? ... Цитата: ds40a от 13 Май 2010, 12:29:34 Field of view: 10 arcminute diameter . ... Цитата: ds40a от 13 Май 2010, 13:28:02 И я о том-же. ...

... Innovative Designs for the Next Large Aperture UV/Optical Telescope . ... The NHST Working Group held a workshop on April 10-11, 2003 to discuss mission concepts, designs and instrumentation for a potential large aperture (4-10m) telescope operating at UV/optical (UVO) wavelengths. ... Potential missions to address these science themes included (but were not limited to): 1. 4 to 10-m-class visible coronagraphic telescopes with the primary science of planet detection and characterization. ...

... Research . ... A rare hybrid morphology radio galaxy . ... In this project we will be able to investigate the environmental effect on star formation and galaxy evolution in individual galaxies falling into the cluster through radio observations of active galactic nuclei (AGN). Current models of galaxy evolution regulate the star formation rates within the simulated galaxies by invoking radio-mode feedback from AGN. ... Julie.Banfield@anu.edu.au . ...

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... Viewing the Universe with Infrared Eyes: The Spitzer Space Telescope . Dr Giovanni Fazio . ... He then lead the development of large balloon-borne telescopes for far-infrared astronomical observations above the atmosphere, as Principal Investigator for the 1-Meter Balloon-Borne Far-Infrared Telescope and also the first infrared astronomical telescope to fly on the Spacelab II flight of the Space Shuttle. ... Copyright (c) Amateur Telescope Makers of Boston, Inc. ...

... 2008 . ... 2006 . ... Сегодня: 10 апреля 2016 г. Специалисты из European Southern Observatory утвердили план, согласно которому через три года европейскими учеными начнется сооружение гигантского оптического/инфракрасного телескопа European Extremely Large Telescope. ... Он даст наземной астрономии новые, до этого невиданные, возможности. ... Первое зеркало телескопа будет состоять из 906 шестиугольных сегментов, каждый размером в 1,45 метров. ... Решение по этому вопросу будет принято к 2008 году. ...

. (10m x 2) Keck (I II) . 4.0m VBT . 9.2m HET . 3.9m AAT . 8.3m Subaru . 3.8m Mayall . (8.2m x 4) VLT . 3.8m UKIRT . (8.1m x 2) Gemini (North South) . 3.7m AEOS . 6.5m MMT . 3.6m "360" . (6.5m x 2) (WBT LCT) . 3.6m CFHT . 6.0m BTA . 3.6m TNG . 5.0m Hale . 3.6m NTT . 4.2m WHT . 3.5m MPI-CAHA .