Dome construction for the ESO 3.6-metre telescope
Taken in 1975, this image shows the first beam of the dome that was constructed for the ESO 3.6-metre Telescope at La Silla. The telescope is now home to the world's foremost extrasolar planet hunter: High Accuracy Radial velocity Planet Searcher (HARPS), a spectrograph with unrivalled precision.
the first beam of the telescope dome being erected.
Credit:ESO
About the Image
| Id: | ehpa-2-034 |
| Type: | Photographic |
| Release date: | 23 March 2012, 13:52 |
| Size: | 1425 x 918 px |
About the Object
| Name: | ESO 3.6-metre telescope, La Silla |
| Type: | Unspecified : Technology : Observatory : Telescope |
| Category: | La Silla |
