Star trails in front of SEST

This image from 4 February 2016 shows star trails in front of the Swedish–ESO Submillimetre Telescope (SEST) and the ESO 3.6-metre telescope (in the background) at La Silla Observatory. The red-green colour is due to airglow.

SEST was built on behalf of the Swedish Natural Science Research Council (NFR) and ESO and it was the only large sub-millimetre telescope in the southern hemisphere at the time of first light. It is now decommissioned since 2003.

Credit:

Aleksandar Cikota/ESO

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Type:Fotografisch
Publicatiedatum:13 september 2017 11:04
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Naam:Swedish–ESO Submillimetre Telescope
Type:Unspecified : Technology : Observatory : Telescope
Categorie:La Silla

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