Looking down at VISTA's mirror
The 4.1 metre mirror of the Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy, VISTA, on Paranal. The entrance lens of the giant infrared camera is visible at the centre, under the structure that supports the secondary mirror.
Credit:ESO
About the Image
Id: | eucys-0546 |
Type: | Photographic |
Release date: | 23 March 2012, 14:45 |
Size: | 2592 x 3888 px |
About the Object
Name: | Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy |
Type: | Unspecified : Technology : Observatory : Telescope |
Category: | Survey Telescopes |