Paranal VST hexapod
A hexapod structure in the VLT Survey Telescope (VST) at Paranal. This hexapod helps rotate the secondary mirror in a technique known as "chopping" that improves observational efficacy. The VST is a state-of-the-art 2.6 m telescope equipped with OmegaCAM, a monster 268 megapixel CCD camera with a field of view four times the area of the full Moon. This image was obtained in March 2009.
Credit:ESO
About the Image
| Id: | paranal-vst-hexapod |
| Type: | Photographic |
| Release date: | 3 December 2009, 23:19 |
| Size: | 3340 x 5009 px |
About the Object
| Name: | VLT Survey Telescope |
| Type: | Unspecified : Technology : Observatory : Telescope |
| Category: | Paranal Survey Telescopes |
