Assembling the ESO 1-metre telescope

 

Photo of the assembly of the ESO 1-metre telescope after its arrival at the new La Silla Observatory in Chile in the late 1960’s. The La Silla Observatory has since become one of the premier ground-based observatories in the world.

Credit:

ESO/J.Doornenbal

About the Image

Id:assembly-1-mtr-03
Type:Photographic
Release date:26 March 2010, 12:37
Size:1772 x 1225 px

About the Object

Type:Unspecified : Technology : Observatory : Telescope
Category:La Silla

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