VISTA telescope structure
VISTA top end ring to support the secondary mirror. This picture was taken during the construction of the Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy (VISTA) in March 2007 while the telescope was still missing its primary mirror.
Credit:ESO/H.H.Heyer
About the Image
Id: | img_7215 |
Type: | Photographic |
Release date: | 3 December 2009, 23:20 |
Size: | 4368 x 2912 px |
About the Object
Name: | Paranal, Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy |
Type: | Unspecified : Technology : Observatory : Telescope |
Category: | Survey Telescopes |
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