Cleaning the VLT's primary mirror
Staff clean the 8.2-metre mirror of one of the Very Large Telescope's Unit Telescopes at Paranal Observatory. This helps maintain the quality of observations between recoatings.
Credit:ESO
About the Image
Id: | p1000101-cc |
Type: | Photographic |
Release date: | 18 March 2012, 21:14 |
Size: | 3240 x 4320 px |
About the Object
Name: | Very Large Telescope |
Type: | Unspecified : Technology : Observatory : Telescope |
Category: | Paranal |
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