"First Light" image from the SINFONI Adaptive Optics Module
"First Light" image obtained with the SINFONI AO Module and a high-angular-resolution near-infrared Test Camera during the night of May 31 - June 1, 2004. The magnitude of the observed star is 11 and the seeing conditions median. The diffraction limit at wavelength 2.2 µm of the 8.2-m telescope (FWHM 0.06 arcsec) was reached and is indicated by the bar.
Credit:
ESO
About the Image
| Id: | eso0426c |
| Type: | Observation |
| Release date: | 24 August 2004 |
| Related releases: | eso0426 |
| Size: | 800 x 800 px |
About the Object
| Name: | SINFONI |
| Type: | • Unspecified : Star • Unspecified : Technology : Observatory : Telescope • X - Stars |
Colours & filters
| Band | Wavelength | Telescope |
| Infrared Near-IR |
2.2 μm | Very Large Telescope SINFONI |

