Not exact matches
The VLT is not just one telescope, but an array of four, each with a
main mirror of 8.2
meters in diameter.
Its
main reflector is made up of seven large
mirrors, each one 8.4
meters across with a weight of 17 tons.
It has a
main mirror 11.5 feet (3.5
meters) across nearly 1.5 times larger than Hubble Space Telescope, and was designed to chart the universe in the far - infrared to sub-millimeter wavelengths of light.