HAWK-I integration

HAWK-I (High Acuity Wide field K-band Imager) is an infrared camera installed on Yepun, the 4th Unit Telescope of the VLT. It combines a quite large field of view, high sensitivity and superb image quality of the VLT, making it the ideal instrument to discover very faint objects, such as distant galaxies and the faintest stars in our galaxy. Here, HAWK-I is being assembled in the laboratory.

Credit:

ESO

About the Image

Id:eso_hawk-i-integration-5679
Type:Photographic
Release date:3 December 2009, 23:22
Size:1832 x 3168 px

About the Object

Name:HAWK-I
Type:Unspecified : Technology : Observatory : Instrument
Category:Paranal

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