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How heavy is a VLT Unit Telescope?

April 26, 2017heavy telescope vlt

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How heavy is a VLT Unit Telescope?

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The movable structure of each VLT Unit Telescopes is the azimuth platform and it weighs 430 tonnes, which is about the same as a fully loaded jumbo jet. However, it is so perfectly balanced and resting on hydrostatic oil-film bearings, that the giant telescopes can be moved by hand.