VLT primary mirror
This image shows engineers working on the primary mirror of one of the VLT Unit Telescopes. The mirror is 8.2 metres in diameter, and is coated with reflective aluminium.
Credit:ESO
About the Image
Id: | pif065_1-cc |
Type: | Photographic |
Release date: | 29 November 1999, 04:17 |
Size: | 1280 x 960 px |
About the Object
Name: | Very Large Telescope |
Type: | Unspecified : Technology : Observatory : Telescope |
Category: | Paranal |