HAWK-I at VLT
The HAWK-I instrument mounted on the telescope's Nasmyth (side) port. HAWK-I is attached on Yepun, Unit Telescope number 4 of ESO's Very Large Telescope and saw First Light on the night of 31 July 2007. HAWK-I covers about 1/10th the area of the Full Moon in a single exposure. It is uniquely suited to the discovery and study of faint objects, such as distant galaxies or small stars and planets.
Credit:
ESO/H.H.Heyer
About the Image
| Id: | hawk-i_ut-7619 |
| Type: | Photographic |
| Release date: | 3 December 2009, 23:19 |
| Size: | 4088 x 2912 px |
About the Object
| Name: | HAWK-I |
| Type: | • Unspecified : Technology : Observatory : Instrument • X - La Silla |
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