HAWK-I detector mosaic
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. On the photo, the mosaic of 4 detectors is in the assembly laboratory.
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ESO
About the Image
| Id: | eso_hawk-i_ccd-mosaic-5773 |
| Type: | Photographic |
| Release date: | 3 December 2009, 23:22 |
| Size: | 4127 x 2912 px |
About the Object
| Name: | HAWK-I |
| Type: | • Unspecified : Technology : Observatory : Telescope • X - La Silla |
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