Danish 1.54-metre telescope
The Danish 1.54-metre telescope was built by Grubb-Parsons, and has been in use at La Silla since 1979. It is equipped with the Danish Faint Object Spectrograph and Camera (DFOSC) spectrograph/camera that is similar in concept and in layout to ESO's EFOSC2 attached to the ESO 3.6-metre telescope.
The picture was taken by Malte Tewes, an astronomer from the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne in Switzerland.
Credit:ESO/M. Tewes
About the Image
Id: | tewes-9861 |
Type: | Photographic |
Release date: | 20 June 2013, 15:04 |
Size: | 2000 x 3008 px |
About the Object
Name: | Danish 1.54-metre telescope, Danish Faint Object Spectrograph and Camera |
Type: | Unspecified : Technology : Observatory : Telescope |
Category: | La Silla |