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