SEST at La Silla

The 15-metre Swedish-ESO Submillimeter Telescope (SEST) at ESO's La Silla observing site in the southern part of the Atacama desert of Chile. Designed to observe at sub-millimetric wavelengths, SEST was built in 1987 on La Silla and decommissioned in 2003. The ESO 3.6-metre telescope can be seen in the background. 2400 metres above sea level, La Silla was ESO's first observing site. Currently La Silla hosts the ESO 3.6-metre telescope, the New Technology Telescope (NTT) and the MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope.

Credit:

Iztok Boncina/ESO

About the Image

Id:ib-la-silla09
Type:Photographic
Release date:6 April 2010, 16:09
Size:2592 x 3888 px

About the Object

Name:Swedish–ESO Submillimetre Telescope
Type:Unspecified : Technology : Observatory : Telescope
Category:La Silla

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