Blauuw at the NTT inauguration
The 3.6m New Technology Telescope (NTT) saw first light in March 1989. CCD frames were obtained on which stellar images had FWHM diameters of 0.33, indicating the excellent imaging quality of this telescope.
Professor Adriaan Blaauw, ESO's second Director General was a key figure in ESO's early history.
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About the Image
| Id: | blaauw-p_creola |
| Type: | Photographic |
| Release date: | 26 April 2013, 14:00 |
| Size: | 3390 x 2292 px |
About the Object
| Name: | New Technology Telescope |
| Type: | Unspecified : People |
| Category: | People and Events |
