Full perspective of the NTT

The 3.58-metre New Technology Telescope (NTT) at La Silla is seen close-up in this fish-eye (fulldome) view. Inaugurated in 1989, it broke new ground for telescope engineering and design and was the first in the world to have a computer-controlled main mirror.

Credit:

ESO/B. Tafreshi (twanight.org)

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Id:uhd_img_4275_cc
Type:Photographic
Release date:25 June 2014, 02:21
Size:3648 x 3648 px

About the Object

Name:New Technology Telescope
Type:Unspecified : Technology : Observatory : Telescope
Category:Fulldome
La Silla

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