Space and ground observatories working together
Using telescopes above the veil of Earths atmosphere, space-borne astronomy has greatly increased our knowledge of the Universe. However, ground-based observatories still have a major role to play. Situated at the top of Cerro Paranal, the VLT is the worlds highest optical observatory and one of the most powerful.
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Space & ground observatories working together
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00:01:40 Using telescopes above the veil of Earthís atmosphere, space-borne astronomy has greatly increased our knowledge of the Universe. However, ground-based observatories still have a major role to play.
00:01:53 For instance, the European Southern Observatoryís Very Large Telescope, or VLT, in the mountains of northern Chile, is constantly pursuing investigations based on results obtained by ESA space missions.
00:02:08 Clip Malcolm Fridlund, COROT Project scientist, ESA « One thing is very clear: you can build larger installations on the ground of course and they are somewhat cheaper than space missions. You can repair them; you can evolve them in different ways than you can do with space missions. This leads to space missions being extremely specialized and dedicated. They are like high precision surgical tools while the ground based instruments always have the aspect of a Swiss army knife.""
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