Removing the UT4 primary mirror

The primary mirror of the VLT Unit Telescope 4 (Yepun) is delicately removed for recoating in this scene captured from ESO's Paranal Observatory in the Atacama Desert, northern Chile.

Credit:

ESO/M. Alexander

About the Image

Id:_e313666-cc
Type:Photographic
Release date:17 December 2015, 09:27
Size:4256 x 2832 px

About the Object

Name:VLT Unit Telescopes
Type:Unspecified : Technology : Observatory : Telescope
Category:Paranal

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