The DOT top is constructed with very stiff supports capable of carrying large weight. The resulting DOT aperture (shadow of the on-axis tube and support beams...

The European Solar Telescope (EST) is a next generation large-aperture solar telescope. This 4-metre telescope will be optimised for studies of the magnetic...

The First G- APD Cherenkov Telescope (FACT) is the first imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescope using Geiger-mode avalanche photodiods (G-APDs) as photo...

As a result of the closure of the VNT solar telescope at the OT, it was suggested that the simbiotic telescope should be relocated so that it could continue to...

The Gran Telescopio CANARIAS (GTC) is a 10,4 metres primary mirror reflecting telescope. It is designed to incorporate the most up-to-date technology and it is...

New telescope for detecting optical signatures of gravitational waves – built and operated by international researchers led by the University of Warwick -...

The 1.5 m solar telescope GREGOR was built at the Observatorio del Teide by a German consortium led by the Kiepenheuer-Institut für Sonnenphysik, with the...