NTT hides the Moon

This is the New Technology Telescope (NTT) at La Silla. It broke new ground for telescope engineering and design and was the first in the world to have a computer-controlled main mirror. One of its angular dome walls is hiding the bright Moon behind it.

Credit:

Y. Beletsky (LCO)/ESO

About the Image

Id:beletsky_lasilla_10
Type:Photographic
Release date:10 November 2014, 09:28
Size:5000 x 3333 px

About the Object

Name:Moon, New Technology Telescope
Type:Unspecified : Technology : Observatory : Telescope
Category:La Silla

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