SCALABLE APERTURE-COMBINED OPTICAL TELESCOPE

CSIC and the Astrohita Foundation have developed a telescope, which comprises several optical assemblies that focus the light from a target on individual optical fibers, which are combined together in a final single optical fiber. The rest of the light is simultaneously collected in image devices, which record the field of view of each optical assembly. The gathered images are summed together to achieve a high-quality final image.  These telescopes are not of interest only in the field of astronomy but also in the tracking of satellites and space junk. 
   
Industrial partners from the Astronomy, Astrophysics and telecommunications sector are being sought to collaborate through a patent licence agreement.