The 1-metre Schmidt telescope at La Silla
The newly built ESO 1-metre Schmidt telescope at ESO's La Silla Observatory in Chile. The hoisting machine is used to place unexposed photographic plates or take out them out after the observation had been made. This picture was taken in 1971.
Credit:ESO
About the Image
Id: | ehpa-11-014 |
Type: | Photographic |
Release date: | 24 May 2012, 17:15 |
Size: | 2841 x 2163 px |
About the Object
Name: | ESO 1-metre Schmidt telescope, La Silla |
Type: | Unspecified : Technology : Observatory : Telescope |
Category: | Survey Telescopes |