Clouds fly by the NTT
This image shows the 3.58-metre New Technology Telescope (NTT) which was inaugurated in 1989. It was the first telescope to use active optics. This long exposure image shows clouds that fly by overhead and interrupt a perfect the view of the stars.
Credit:Y. Beletsky (LCO)/ESO
About the Image
Id: | beletsky_lasilla_14 |
Type: | Photographic |
Release date: | 10 November 2014, 09:51 |
Size: | 5000 x 3333 px |
About the Object
Name: | La Silla, New Technology Telescope |
Type: | Unspecified : Technology : Observatory : Telescope |
Category: | La Silla |
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