Swedish-ESO Submillimetre Telescope (SEST)
The 15m SEST is designed to observe at sub-millimetric wavelengths (almost radio waves). It was built in 1987 on La Silla. The SEST was decommissioned in 2003, as the operations started at the new APEX telescope on Chajnantor.
Credit:ESO/C.Madsen
About the Image
| Id: | esopia00049teles |
| Type: | Photographic |
| Release date: | 3 December 2009, 23:18 |
| Size: | 2317 x 3000 px |
About the Object
| Name: | Swedish–ESO Submillimetre Telescope |
| Type: | Unspecified : Technology : Observatory : Telescope |
| Category: | La Silla |
