Astronomers develop world's largest vertical telescope

Astronomers develop world's largest vertical telescope/learn/publications/b/blog/posts/astronomers-develop-world-s-largest-vertical-telescopeThe world's largest vertical telescope, which links four telescopes, has been has been created in Chile by astronomers at the Paranal Observatory. The Very Large Telescope (VLT) is, indeed, the largest single such device on Earth, measuring an impresen-USTelligent Community 12RE: Astronomers develop world's largest vertical telescopehttps://community.element14.com/learn/publications/b/blog/posts/astronomers-develop-world-s-largest-vertical-telescopeThu, 09 Feb 2012 20:38:10 GMT93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:98950d5b-86ba-4ccb-a226-421bbe946f1fDAB0<p>I hope this effort works.  That large of a virtual aperture would collect some really interesting data and extend the visual range to many faint objects.</p><p>I do worry about the earthquakes.  The alignment of the optics for this to work is very sensitive.</p><p> </p><p>DAB</p><img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=13424&AppID=45&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">