Preparations for VLT UT1 first light
Final preparations being carried out in the week before the VLT UT1 First Light. Following successful optical alignment tests, the 8.2-m primary mirror was removed from the first Unit Telescope (UT1) to be coated with an aluminium layer. This image shows the top half of the lower half of the coating vessel with the supports on which the mirror will rest. A test target (the curved segment) is seen at the center. (Photo obtained on May 16, 1998).
Credit:ESO
About the Image
Id: | eso9818e |
Type: | Photographic |
Release date: | 19 May 1998 |
Related releases: | eso9818 |
Size: | 1024 x 768 px |
About the Object
Name: | Mirror, Very Large Telescope |
Type: | Unspecified : Technology : Observatory : Telescope |
Category: | Paranal |