Construction of the Grand Prisme Objectif telescope building at La Silla
Construction of the building for the Grand Prisme Objectif telescope (GPO) telescope, at La Silla, in 1967. The GPO was finally installed at ESO’s La Silla Observatory in 1968, after eight years of service in the site testing activities in South Africa.
Credit:ESO/F. Middelburg
About the Image
Id: | lasilla-construct-fm4 |
Type: | Photographic |
Release date: | 5 July 2011, 18:58 |
Size: | 4785 x 3315 px |
About the Object
Name: | Grand Prisme Objectif telescope |
Type: | Unspecified : Technology : Observatory : Telescope |
Category: | La Silla |
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