Mirror maintenance at Paranal
The image peers inside the Mirror Maintenance Building at ESO's Paranal Observatory. The gigantic 8.2-metre mirrors of ESO's Very Large Telescope (VLT) occasionally need cleaning and recoating to keep them in pristine condition. The circular machine seen here performs this delicate task.
Credit:D. Schreiner and S. Degezelle/ESO
About the Image
| Id: | img_3496 |
| Type: | Photographic |
| Release date: | 20 October 2015, 17:04 |
| Size: | 6293 x 3330 px |
About the Object
| Name: | Mirror, Paranal, Very Large Telescope |
| Type: | Unspecified : Technology : Observatory : Facility |
| Category: | Paranal |
