Reinstallation of the Mirrors
KUEYEN Start-Up: Reinstallation of the Mirrors
A wide-angle view of the mechanical structure of the second 8.2-m VLT Unit Telescope, KUEYEN, with the mirrors in place, ready for observations. (Photo obtained on March 23, 2000).
Following the coating of the 8.2-m main mirror of KUEYEN , the mirror in its cell was returned to the telescope enclosure.
Here it was remounted on the telescope structure in a series of operations that involved, among others, the installation of the socalled M3-tower in the central hole in the mirror. This structure supports the tertiary mirror (M3) that deflects the light towards the Nasmyth foci on the sides of the telescope.
Credit:
ESO/H.H.Heyer
About the Image
| Id: | eso0021ac |
| Type: | Photographic |
| Release date: | 16 June 2000 |
| Related releases: | eso0021 |
| Size: | 2489 x 3000 px |
About the Object
| Name: | Mirror, Very Large Telescope |
| Type: | • Unspecified : Technology : Observatory : Telescope • Paranal |
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