 The VTT at the Teide Observatory, Tenerife. | |
| Part of | Teide Observatory  |
|---|---|
| Location(s) | Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain |
| Coordinates | 28°18′08″N 16°30′36″W / 28.30233°N 16.51003°W |
| Organization | Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam Leibniz Institute for Solar Physics Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research |
| First light | 1988 |
| Telescope style | optical telescope solar telescope |
| Diameter | 70 cm (2 ft 4 in) |
| Focal length | 46 m (150 ft 11 in) |
| Mounting | altazimuth mount |
| Enclosure | turret |
| Website | www |
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The Vacuum Tower Telescope is an evacuated-optics solar telescope located at the Teide Observatory on Tenerife in the Canary Islands. It is operated by the Kiepenheuer-Institut für Sonnenphysik (KIS).[1][2]
It was built between 1983 and 1986, with first light in 1988.[3] It has a 70-centimetre (28-inch) diameter primary mirror and a focal length of 46 metres (151 ft). Thanks to an adaptive optics system KAOS (Kiepenheuer-institute Adaptive Optic System), in operation since spring 2000,[4][5] it is able to resolve details down to 0.2 arc seconds (150 km) on the Sun's surface.[6][7][8]
- ^ Kiepenheuer-Institut für Sonnenphysik (KIS)
- ^ "Vacuum Tower Telescope". KIS website. Kiepenheuer-Institut für Sonnenphysik. Retrieved 11 January 2014.
- ^ "Vacuum Tower Telescope (VTT)". IAC website. Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias. Retrieved 11 January 2014.
- ^ "KAOS- The Kiepenheuer-institute Adaptive Optic System". Archived from the original on June 10, 2007. Retrieved May 31, 2007.
- ^ "Solar observations of highest resolution obtained with Adaptive Optics and Speckle-Interferometry at the VTT". Archived from the original on June 10, 2007. Retrieved May 31, 2007.
- ^ Van Der Luehe, Oskar; Soltau, Dirk; Berkefeld, Thomas; Schelenz, Thomas (2003). "KAOS: Adaptive optics system for the Vacuum Tower Telescope at Teide Observatory". In Keil, Stephen L.; Avakyan, Sergey V. (eds.). Innovative Telescopes and Instrumentation for Solar Astrophysics. Vol. 4853. p. 187. Bibcode:2003SPIE.4853..187V. doi:10.1117/12.498659. S2CID 120643967.
- ^ Berkefeld, Thomas; Dirk Schmidt (December 2012). "KAOS - a flexible control system for AO and MCAO" (PDF). Real Time Control for Adaptive Optics Workshop. 2. Garching: ESO. Retrieved 11 January 2014.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ Rimmele, Thomas R.; Jose Marino (2011). "Solar Adaptive Optics". Living Reviews in Solar Physics. 8 (2): 2. Bibcode:2011LRSP....8....2R. doi:10.12942/lrsp-2011-2. PMC 4841189. PMID 27194964.