FLAMES' plates
The two plates holding over 130 fibres each, for the multi-object spectrograph FLAMES on the VLT. The vertical plate is ready for observations at the focus of the telescope, while the horizontal one is being prepared by the OzPoz fibre positioner.
Credit:ESO
About the Image
Id: | exoplanets_french-11 |
Type: | Photographic |
Release date: | 23 March 2012, 14:11 |
Size: | 2592 x 3888 px |
About the Object
Name: | FLAMES |
Type: | Unspecified : Technology : Observatory : Instrument |
Category: | Paranal |