The Swiss 1.2-metre Leonhard Euler Telescope in its dome at La Silla

This unusual and striking image is a fish-eye photograph of the inside of the dome of the Swiss 1.2-metre Leonhard Euler telescope at ESO’s La Silla Observatory in Chile. The view is highly distorted but the telescope itself is the red structure at the centre of the picture.

Credit:

ESO/M.Tewes

About the Image

Id:eso1326c
Type:Photographic
Release date:12 June 2013, 12:00
Related releases:eso1326
Size:2456 x 2545 px

About the Object

Name:La Silla, Swiss 1.2-metre Leonhard Euler Telescope
Type:Unspecified : Technology : Observatory : Telescope
Category:La Silla

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