PIA12504: NASA's Infrared Telescope Facility atop Mauna Kea, Hawaii
NASA's Infrared Telescope Facility atop Mauna Kea, Hawaii. The IRTF is a venerable 30-year-old, 3-meter-diameter (10-foot) telescope that ranks 40th among ground-based telescopes.
 Target Name:  Earth
 Mission:  IRTF 
 Product Size:  1199 x 600 pixels (w x h) 
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Information: 		 JPL News Release 2010-038 
 Full-Res TIFF:  PIA12504.tif (2.161 MB)
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NASA's Infrared Telescope Facility atop Mauna Kea, Hawaii. The IRTF is a venerable 30-year-old, 3-meter-diameter (10-foot) telescope that ranks 40th among ground-based telescopes. Photograph copyright Ernie Mastroianni.

Image Credit:
Copyright Ernie Mastroianni

Image Addition Date:
2010-02-03