Mounted image 022: VLT Unit Telescope 1, Antu, venting before start-up
A wide-angle view inside the telescope enclosure. The telescope is Antu, Unit Telescope 1, with the ISAAC instrument at the Nasmyth A focus. Each night around sunset, technicians open the enclosure and prepare the telescope and its instruments for the night’s observation run.
Credit:ESO/G.Hüdepohl (atacamaphoto.com)
About the Mounted Image

Id: | mounted_0022 |
Release date: | 15 March 2011, 17:13 |
Dimensions: | 50 cm (W) x 37.13 cm (H) x 1 cm (D) |
Related archive image: | eso-paranal-16 |