M1 cell elevator, Dec2005
When the main mirror (M1) is removed from the telescope, the whole cell holding the mirror has to be lowered from the observing floor onto a truck waiting on the platform. This is the role of the giant elevator visible here. A large crew is required for this delicate operation.
Credit:ESO/H.H.Heyer
About the Image
Id: | img_0691 |
Type: | Photographic |
Release date: | 3 December 2009, 23:21 |
Size: | 4368 x 2912 px |
About the Object
Name: | Very Large Telescope |
Type: | Unspecified : Technology : Observatory : Telescope |
Category: | Paranal |