Assembling the ESO 1-metre telescope

Photo of the assembly of the pre-fabricated building for the ESO 1-metre telescope after its arrival at the new La Silla Observatory in Chile in the late 1960’s. The La Silla Observatory has since become one of the premier ground-based observatories in the world.

Credit:

ESO/J.Doornenbal

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Id:assembly-pre-fab09
Type:Photographic
Release date:26 March 2010, 14:25
Size:1199 x 1772 px

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Type:Unspecified : Technology : Observatory : Telescope
Category:La Silla

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