Mirror maintenance at Paranal
The image peers inside the Mirror Maintenance Building at ESO's Paranal Observatory. The gigantic 8.2-metre mirrors of ESO's Very Large Telescope (VLT) occasionally need cleaning and recoating to keep them in pristine condition. The circular machine seen here performs this delicate task.
Credit:D. Schreiner and S. Degezelle/ESO
About the Image
Id: | img_3496 |
Type: | Photographic |
Release date: | 20 October 2015, 17:04 |
Size: | 6293 x 3330 px |
About the Object
Name: | Mirror, Paranal, Very Large Telescope |
Type: | Unspecified : Technology : Observatory : Facility |
Category: | Paranal |
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