Telescope Gallery
As an observational astronomer and instrument builder there are almost no places as fascinating and exciting as the remote observatories that host the large telescopes used to study our universe. In the following gallery you can find photos of some of the telescopes that I could visit during the last years. Please click on the images to obtain the full resolution.ESO Paranal Observatory, Chile
- 1.8m VLTI Auxiliary Telescope At Night
- 1.8m VLTI Auxiliary Telescope
- 8m VLT Unit Telescope 4 with Laser Guide Stars
- 8m VLT Unit Telescope 4
- VLT Domes
ESO La Silla Observatory, Chile
- 1.2m Swiss Leonhard Euler Telescope
- 1.54m Danish Telescope Dome
- 1.54m Danish Telescope
- 15m Swedish ESO Submilimeter Telescope
- 2.2m ESO MPG Telescope with Neighbours
- 2.2m ESO MPG Telescope
- 3.58m New Technology Telescope Dome
- 3.58m New Technology Telescope
- ESO 3.6m Telescope
- ESO 3.6m with Coude Auxiliary Telescope
Las Campanas Observatory, Chile
- 0.7m CHAT Automated Telescope
- 1.3m Polish OGLE Telescope
- 1m Henrietta Swope Telescope Dome
- 1m Henrietta Swope Telescope
- 1m Henrietta Swope with Startrails
- 2.5m DuPont Telescope Dome
- 2.5m DuPont Telescope
- 6.5m Magellan Clay Telescope
- 6.5m Magellan Domes
- Bison Solar Telescope
- HAT South Transit Telescope
- HATPI Telescope Array
- SDSS-V LVM Enclosure
- SDSS-V LVM Science Telescope
- SDSS-V LVM Telescope Array
Roque de los Muchachos Observatory, La Palma, Spain
- 0.45m Dutch Open Telescope
- 1.0m Swedish Solar Telescope
- 10.4m Gran Telescopio Canarias
- 10.4m GranTeCan Backside
- 10.4m GranTeCan Main Mirror
- 2.0m Liverpool Telescope
- 2.56m Nordic Optical Telescope Dome
- 2.56m Nordic Optical Telescope
- 3.58m Telescopio Nazionale Galileo Daytime
- 3.58m Telescopio Nazionale Galileo
- 4.2m William Herschel Telescope Dome
- 4.2m William Herschel Telescope with WEAVE Instrument
- FACT Cherenkov Telescope
- LST-1 Cherenkov Telescope
- MAGIC II Cherenkov Telescope