Inside a UT

The guts of one of the VLT's 8.2-metre Unit Telescopes (UT) is revealed, as the outer enclosure rotates around the telescope. The primary and 0.94-metre secondary mirrors are visible in this image.

Credit:

ESO/A. Ghizzi Panizza (www.albertoghizzipanizza.com)

About the Image

Id:dsc4567-cc
Type:Photographic
Release date:27 October 2015, 14:22
Size:6016 x 4016 px

About the Object

Name:VLT Unit Telescopes
Type:Unspecified : Technology
Unspecified : Technology : Observatory : Facility
Unspecified : Technology : Observatory : Telescope
Category:Paranal

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