Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
May 1983
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1983esoc...17..205s&link_type=abstract
IN: Workshop on ESO's Very Large Telescope, Cargese, Corse, France, May 16-19, 1983, Proceedings (A84-48051 23-89). Garching, We
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
Astronomical Spectroscopy, Infrared Telescopes, Arrays, High Resolution, Interferometry, Lens Design, Quasars, Seyfert Galaxies, Spatial Resolution, Technology Assessment
Scientific paper
A Very Large Telescope (VLT) Study Group (VLT/SG) was set up in 1981. The VLT/SG has now met approximately 20 times. A brief account of the topics considered during these meetings is presented. It has been found that a VLT, having a diameter of 16 meters, or 16-m equivalent, will undoubtedly provide very valuable astrophysical data. The most interesting areas of research with a very large ground based telescope will be related to low resolution spectroscopy of very faint objects, high resolution spectroscopy of a wide variety of objects with intermediate brightnesses, and high spatial resolution (imaging) in the optical and infrared regions. The design of the VLT will be based on one of four different options, taking into account a large array of small telescopes, a very large single dish, a super multimirror telescope (MMT) and a limited array (3-4) of large (8-10 m) telescopes.
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