The ESO 3.6-metre telescope mirror

Unpacking the blank of the 3.6-m mirror at REOSC workshops, near Paris, France, in 1967. The ESO 3.6-metre Telescope was inaugurated at La Silla Observatory, in Chile, in 1976.

Credit:

ESO

About the Image

Id:ehpa-4-011-cc
Type:Photographic
Release date:19 March 2012, 17:40
Size:2502 x 1675 px

About the Object

Name:ESO 3.6-metre telescope
Type:Unspecified : Technology : Observatory : Telescope
Category:La Silla

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