VLT 8.2-m zerodur mirror inspection
The first photo of the inspection of the VLT 8.2-m Zerodur mirror (M1) after arrival. It shows the mirror in its box on December 18, 1997, now within the Mirror Maintenance Building (MMB), and moments after the cover had been removed. During the ensuing careful inspection of the complete mirror surface, no damage was detected.
Credit:ESO
About the Image
| Id: | eso9734a |
| Type: | Photographic |
| Release date: | 22 December 1997 |
| Related releases: | eso9734 |
| Size: | 1024 x 768 px |
About the Object
| Name: | Mirror, Very Large Telescope |
| Type: | Unspecified : Technology : Observatory : Telescope |
| Category: | Paranal |
