Posted on Thursday, March 06, 2014
European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope's new instrument MUSE was installed on the Unit Telescope 4 at Paranal Observatory in Chile.
MUSE or Multi Unit Spectroscopic Explorer has been succesfully used for observing test subjects among which have been bright stars, distant galaxies etc. It uses 24 spectrographs to take images and spectra of the objects.
Some of the science goals for this new instrument include finding out more about galaxy formation, and the early history of the universe, but it could also be used for studying the planets and satellites in the Solar System, and also regions of the Milky Way, where there's active star formation.
MUSE or Multi Unit Spectroscopic Explorer has been succesfully used for observing test subjects among which have been bright stars, distant galaxies etc. It uses 24 spectrographs to take images and spectra of the objects.
Some of the science goals for this new instrument include finding out more about galaxy formation, and the early history of the universe, but it could also be used for studying the planets and satellites in the Solar System, and also regions of the Milky Way, where there's active star formation.
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| MUSE at night. Credit: ESO/Ghaouti Hansali/Fernando Selman |