HAWK-I at Paranal

Project Manager Jeff Pirard and ESO staff Raul Esteves are checking HAWK-I on Yepun at Paranal. Working in the near-infrared, 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/S. Guisard (www.eso.org/~sguisard)

About the Image

Id:eso0736d
Type:Photographic
Release date:22 August 2007
Related releases:eso0736
Size:3342 x 2219 px

About the Object

Name:HAWK-I
Type:Unspecified : Technology : Observatory : Instrument
Category:Paranal

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