ESO Open House Day 2011
The full-size replica of the ELT’s 39.3-metre mirror nears completion at ESO’s Open House Day 2011 in Garching bei München, with the ESO Headquarters in the background. The mock-up was made of 798 cardboard hexagons, each around 1.4 metres across. The ELT will be the largest optical/infrared telescope in the world.
Credit:ESOESO
About the Image
Id: | _mg_5590 |
Type: | Photographic |
Release date: | 20 March 2012, 09:52 |
Size: | 4996 x 3331 px |
About the Object
Name: | ESO HQ Garching, Open House Day |
Type: | Unspecified : People : Other/General |
Category: | People and Events |
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