The open dome of the Test-Bed Telescope 2 at La Silla

The black telescope structure of the European Space Agency's Test-Bed Telescope 2 peers out of its open dome in front of the rolling desert landscape. The telescope is located at ESO’s La Silla Observatory, which sits at a 2400 metre altitude in the Chilean Atacama desert.

Credit:

F. Ocaña/J. Isabel/Quasar SR

About the Image

Id:eso2107e
Type:Photographic
Release date:27 April 2021, 12:00
Related releases:eso2107
Size:3264 x 2448 px

About the Object

Name:Test-Bed Telescope
Type:Unspecified : Technology : Observatory : Telescope
Category:La Silla

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