The Carlina Hypertelescope concept First step: Carlina-1, a 10 m prototype built at Observatoire de Haute-Provence (OHP) Carlina-2: a larger-scale project

 

Some pictures of the job...

 

View of the three primary mirrors

 

Top view of the three primary mirrors

 

The Mertz corrector in the carbon gondola

 

Overall view of the gondola

 

Exit from the hangar and towing...

 

... to the big winch

 

Transfer from the towing to the winch

 

On Air...

 

Don't drop it!

 

The Haute-Provence Observatory and the Carlina

 

The balloon reflects in one primary segment

 

I feel so small!

 

Night Flight...

 

Sunrise

 

 

The Carlina Hypertelescope concept First step: Carlina-1, a 10 m prototype built at Observatoire de Haute-Provence (OHP) Carlina-2: a larger-scale project