The giant coating plant for the ESO VLT
General view of the VLT coating plant. The coating unit is a large vacuum chamber with a diameter of 9.4 meters and a volume of about 122,000 liters. The required ultra-high vacuum is generated by 8 cryo-pumps which are located on top of the vacuum chamber.
Credit:ESO
About the Image
| Id: | eso9711a |
| Type: | Photographic |
| Release date: | 16 May 1997 |
| Related releases: | eso9711 |
| Size: | 768 x 576 px |
About the Object
| Name: | Very Large Telescope |
| Type: | Unspecified : Technology : Observatory : Telescope |
| Category: | Paranal |
