First large VLT mirror successfully coated
The mirror is lowered onto the whiffle-tree supports in the lower tank. (Photo obtained on May 19, 1998).
Credit:ESO
About the Image
| Id: | eso9819d |
| Type: | Photographic |
| Release date: | 21 May 1998 |
| Related releases: | eso9819 |
| Size: | 1024 x 768 px |
About the Object
| Name: | Mirror, Very Large Telescope |
| Type: | Unspecified : Technology : Observatory : Telescope |
| Category: | Paranal |
