The silent SEST
This is the Swedish-ESO Submillimetre Telescope (SEST) which was decommissioned in 2003. Its 15-metre diameter dish is silently towering over the La Silla landscape. In the background you can see the ESO 3.6-metre telescope, which has been in operation since 1987.
Credit:Y. Beletsky (LCO)/ESO
About the Image
| Id: | beletsky_lasilla_18 |
| Type: | Photographic |
| Release date: | 10 November 2014, 10:03 |
| Size: | 5000 x 3333 px |
About the Object
| Name: | ESO 3.6-metre telescope, La Silla, Swedish–ESO Submillimetre Telescope |
| Type: | Unspecified : Technology : Observatory : Telescope |
| Category: | La Silla |
