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 Unit Telescopes Overview - This page is outdated, an update is in process.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 Secondary mirror (M2 Unit) - This page is outdated, an update is in process.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 Coating Unit - This page is outdated, an update is in process.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

... The European HST Archive has been moved to ESA's European Space Astronomy Centre ( ESAC ), Spain, where most of ESA's Space Science Archives are located and operated from. ... The Space Telescope European Coordinating Facility (ST-ECF), jointly operated by ESA and the European Southern Observatory ( ESO ) was, until the end of 2010, the European HST science facility, supporting the European astronomy community in exploiting the research opportunities provided by the Hubble Space Telescope. ...

... VLT: A New Largest Optical Telescope . ... 1.09.1996 . ... Credit: European Southern Observatory Explanation: What is the largest telescope in the world? ... But an even larger optical telescope is being built. ... The first of these telescopes should be completed in 1997, and all four should be completed and working together sometime in the year 2000. ... September 1996 . ... Publications with keywords: optical - VLT - telescope . Publications with words: optical - VLT - 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. ...

... 2000 September 27 . Yepun . ... Explanation: Pictured above on September 3rd, the enclosure for the 8.2 meter telescope christened Yepun glints dramatically in the light of the setting sun. ... Ultimately, the light from the three other 8.2 meter unit telescopes ( Antu, Kueyen, and Melipal ) will be combined with Yepun's to achieve an effective aperture of 16.4 meters -- creating the world's largest optical telescope . ... About APOD | ...

Astronotes Armagh Planetarium's Stellar Blog! ... Armagh Planetarium . ... Telescopes and Observatories . Space Flight . ... Continue Reading.. ... 2 Comments The European Southern Observatory (ESO) is an intergovernmental research organisation for astronomy which is supported by fifteen countries. ... 23 Comments Gleaned from NASA and Hubblesite.org, here are some facts you may not know about the Hubble Space Telescope (HST). 1.€а€а€а€а€а The HSTтАЩs history is longer than you might have [ ] . ...

... ATNF Home . ... About ATNF overview . ... Australia Telescope Steering Committee . ... Parkes radio telescope . Australia Telescope Compact Array . ... CSIRO, Australia's national science agency, operates a number of world-class radio astronomy observatories that are collectively known as the Australia Telescope National Facility or ATNF. ... CSIRO also manages the Murchison Radio-astronomy Observatory, where the Square Kilometre Array telescope infrastructure in Australia is to be centred. ...

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... The Wingaersheek Observatory and Telescope . Mario Motta and Scott Milligan . ... For the May meeting I was hoping to show a completed telescope, but it always takes twice as much time to make over 400 parts than you think. ... A new design that has near zero aberrations (no Newtonian coma, for example), made from all spherical surfaces, and would help me build the optics, including fabricating the main mirror. ... Other Monthly Meetings . ... Copyright (c) Amateur Telescope Makers of Boston, Inc. ...