ESO Open House Day 2011
The full-size replica of the E-ELT’s 39.3-metre mirror nears completion at ESO’s Open House Day 2011 in Garching bei München, with the ESO Headquarters in the background. The mock-up was made of 798 cardboard hexagons, each around 1.4 metres across. The E-ELT will be the largest optical/infrared telescope in the world.
Credit:ESO
About the Image
Id: | eso1140e |
Type: | Photographic |
Release date: | 17 October 2011, 15:00 |
Related releases: | eso1140 |
Size: | 5572 x 3578 px |
About the Object
Type: | Unspecified : People |
Category: | People and Events |
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