NTT - active optics support
The New Technology Telescope (NTT) pioneered the Active Optics : its 3.56m diameter mirror is thin and flexible, its shape is kept perfect thanks to the actuators supporting it.
Credit:ESO/C.Madsen
About the Image
Id: | esopia00042teles |
Type: | Photographic |
Release date: | 3 December 2009, 23:19 |
Size: | 2491 x 3000 px |
About the Object
Name: | New Technology Telescope |
Type: | Unspecified : Technology : Observatory : Telescope |
Category: | La Silla |