Yepun mirror removal group photo
Engineers and maintenance staff pose for group photo underneath the structure supporting the primary 8.2-metre mirror of UT4 "Yepun" — one of four Unit Telescopes that comprise ESO's Very Large Telescope (VLT), situated at Paranal Observatory in northern Chile. The massive primary mirror was temporarily removed for cleaning.
Credit:ESO/M. Alexander
About the Image
Id: | _e313266-cc |
Type: | Photographic |
Release date: | 17 December 2015, 12:22 |
Size: | 3407 x 5120 px |
About the Object
Name: | Mirror, Very Large Telescope, VLT Unit Telescopes |
Type: | Unspecified : Technology : Observatory : Telescope |
Category: | Paranal |
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