MELIPAL dummy concrete mirror

View from above towards the dummy 8.2-m concrete "mirror" at MELIPAL. Note also the 20-cm guide telescope with a CCD camera for the pointing and tracking tests that has been attached to the centrepiece at the lower right corner of this square structure.

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ESO

About the Image

Id:eso9943l
Type:Photographic
Release date:17 September 1999
Related releases:eso9943
Size:1280 x 960 px

About the Object

Name:Mirror, Very Large Telescope
Type:Unspecified : Technology : Observatory : Telescope
Category:Paranal

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