PLATO cameras composite (IMAGE)

Royal Astronomical Society

PLATO cameras composite

Caption

Ten of the final cameras have been built and tested and the first of these was mounted onto the optical bench - the surface which keeps all cameras pointed in the right direction - earlier this year.

Credit

OHB System AG

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License

Public Domain

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