Who’s the fairest mirror segment of them all?
ESO engineers, technicians and contractors stand around one of the Extremely Large Telescope (ELT)’s primary mirror segments. They are not inspecting their own reflections — they are, in fact, checking the quality of the coating they just applied to the segment. The coating consists of a highly reflective 1.7g silver layer and additional adhesion and protection layers. One of the two chambers used for the coating process can be seen in the background.
Credit:ESO/F. Carrasco (CHEPOX)
About the Image
Id: | ann24005a |
Type: | Photographic |
Release date: | 14 March 2024, 14:00 |
Related announcements: | ann24005 |
Size: | 6000 x 4000 px |
About the Object
Name: | Extremely Large Telescope |
Type: | Unspecified : Technology : Observatory : Telescope |
Category: | ELT |
Image Formats
Large JPEG
6.9 MB
Publication TIFF 4K
17.9 MB
Publication JPEG
3.0 MB
Screensize JPEG
255.0 KB