The M1 cell of 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_cell_startup |
Type: | Photographic |
Release date: | 3 December 2009, 23:19 |
Size: | 4961 x 5010 px |
About the Object
Name: | SINFONI, Very Large Telescope |
Type: | Unspecified : Technology : Observatory : Instrument |
Category: | Paranal |