UT4-YEPUN and SINFONI
Every day, before the observations start, each telescope undergoes a complete start up during which each of its function is checked, like a plane before take off. Here, Yepun, the fourth Unit Telescope, has been moved to a very low altitude, revealing the cell holding its main mirror and the SINFONI integral-field spectrograph.
Credit:ESO
About the Image
Id: | sinfoni_startup_dec2004 |
Type: | Photographic |
Release date: | 3 December 2009, 23:20 |
Size: | 4849 x 4907 px |