La Silla scatter
Some of La Silla's telescopes are scattered across this image. In the front is the Danish 1.54-metre telescope that has been in use at La Silla since 1979. Behind it we can see the MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope with a silver dome and the decommissioned ESO 1-metre Schmidt telescope with a white dome. Slightly higher up and further away are the New Technology Telescope (NTT) with its angular housing and the ESO 3.6-metre telescope. In the distance we can also see the 15-metre dish of the Swedish-ESO Submillimetre Telescope (SEST) that was decommissioned in 2003.
Credit:Y. Beletsky (LCO)/ESO
About the Image
Id: | beletsky_lasilla_19 |
Type: | Photographic |
Release date: | 10 November 2014, 10:05 |
Size: | 5000 x 3250 px |
About the Object
Name: | Danish 1.54-metre telescope, ESO 1-metre Schmidt telescope, ESO 3.6-metre telescope, La Silla, MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope, New Technology Telescope, Swedish–ESO Submillimetre Telescope |
Type: | Unspecified : Technology : Observatory |
Category: | La Silla |