Installation of the M2 unit
The final phases of the assembly work on the first VLT 8.2-m Unit Telescope (UT1) at Paranal. View of the front end of the telescope structure with the spiders and a dummy M2 Unit in place, just before the exchange with the real M2 Unit. The service platform for this operation is seen just below the M2 Unit. (Photo obtained on March 12, 1998).
Credit:ESO
About the Image
Id: | eso9812d |
Type: | Photographic |
Release date: | 24 March 1998 |
Related releases: | eso9812 |
Size: | 1024 x 768 px |
About the Object
Name: | Very Large Telescope |
Type: | Unspecified : Technology : Observatory : Telescope |
Category: | Paranal |