VLTI siderostat
Close-up of one of the siderostats (test telescopes) for the interferometric observations at the VLT. The first fringes were obtained in March 2001, when this picture was obtained.
Credit:ESO
About the Image
Id: | vlti-siderostat |
Type: | Photographic |
Release date: | 3 December 2009, 23:18 |
Size: | 3468 x 3458 px |
About the Object
Name: | Paranal, Very Large Telescope Interferometer |
Type: | Unspecified : Technology : Observatory : Telescope |
Category: | Paranal |