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The VLT test camera
The VLT test-camera on the platform of the nasmyth focus. The circular structure to the left is the adaptor-rotator, onto which all instruments for for the telescope are being mounted. During observations it will turn the instrument and thus compensates the field rotation.
Credit:ESO/H.H.Heyer
Over de afbeelding
| Id: | testcameradec2004 |
| Type: | Fotografisch |
| Publicatiedatum: | 3 december 2009 23:21 |
| Grootte: | 3386 x 2277 px |
Over het object
| Naam: | Very Large Telescope, VLT test camera |
| Type: | Unspecified : Technology : Observatory : Telescope |
| Categorie: | Paranal |
