A VLT mirror goes back to work
A truck drives uphill at Cerro Paranal, carrying the 8.2-metre primary mirror of the VLT’s Antu Telescope (UT1). The mirror is being returned to the telescope after a recoating, in November 2010. Each of the VLT’s primary mirrors is recoated every 18 months, in a process that takes a week.
Credit:P. Zidar/ESO
About the Image
| Id: | pzidar_paranal_lv-8 |
| Type: | Photographic |
| Release date: | 4 July 2011, 08:46 |
| Size: | 4000 x 3000 px |
