A special delivery for ESO

After a 10 000 km journey, the first 18 segments of ESO’s Extremely Large Telescope (ELT) main mirror arrived at ESO’s Paranal Observatory in Chile. In this image, they are being unloaded at the ELT Technical Facility where ESO engineers conducted extensive inspections to ensure they arrived safely.

Credit:

ESO/F. Carrasco

About the Image

Id:ann24001b
Type:Photographic
Release date:16 January 2024, 14:00
Related announcements:ann24001
Size:2250 x 1500 px

About the Object

Name:Extremely Large Telescope
Type:Unspecified : Technology
Category:ELT

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