Site testing station in South Africa

The ESO site testing station, probably at Zeekoegat, South Africa, in 1961. On the right is the 25-cm Danjou-telescope, used to measure the seeing, while the little photometer on the left is monitoring the transparency of the atmosphere.

Credit:

ESO/W. Schlosser

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Release date:21 September 2011, 12:20
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