ESO VLT: status of the main 8-meters telescopes

Daniel Enard

doi:10.1117/12.176206

1 June 1994 ESO VLT: status of the main 8-meter telescopes

Daniel Enard

Proceedings Volume 2199, Advanced Technology Optical Telescopes V; (1994) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.176206
Event: 1994 Symposium on Astronomical Telescopes and Instrumentation for the 21st Century, 1994, Kailua, Kona, HI, United States

Abstract

The ESO VLT was first presented in April 1984 and its construction decided in December 1987. The VLT program consists of an array of four telescopes of 8 m diameter capable of working independently or in a combined mode. This paper gives the present status of the construction of the 8 meters Unit Telescope.

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Daniel Enard "ESO VLT: status of the main 8-meter telescopes", Proc. SPIE 2199, Advanced Technology Optical Telescopes V, (1 June 1994); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.176206

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