Work in progress ...
The following table shows selected images or drawings which are available in higher quality for use in printed documents etc. The images are (mostly) in chronological order. Pictures were taken by various members of the H.E.S.S. collaboration or by NEC. Please notify us before using images in commercial publications etc., and quote "H.E.S.S. collaboration" as the source. Click on image to get high-resolution version.
Additional images from the Inauguration of the First H.E.S.S. Telescope on Sept 2-3, 2002 are available here.
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| Excavation of foundations (September 2000) |
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| Construction of foundations (September 2000) |
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| Completed telescope foundation (November 2000) |
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| Welding of dish of 1st telescope (January 2001) |
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| Trial assembly of base frame of 1st telescope at NEC (April 2001) |
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| Base frame and dish of 1st telescope before assembly (May 2001) |
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| Installation of dish of 1st telescope (May 2001) |
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| Installation of dish of 1st telescope (May 2001) |
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| Installation of camera masts of 1st telescope (May 2001) |
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| Installation of camera masts of 1st telescope (May 2001) |
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| Structure of 1st telescope - front view (May 2001) |
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| Structure of 1st telescope - side view (May 2001) |
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| Structure of 1st telescope - side view (May 2001) |
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| Transport of dish of 2nd telescope (June 2001) |
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| Transport of dish of 2nd telescope (June 2001) |
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| Installation of mirrors on 1st telescope (September 2001) |
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| Installation of mirrors on 1st telescope (September 2001) |
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| Installation of mirrors on 1st telescope (September 2001) |
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| 1st telescope with almost all mirrors installed (October 2001) |
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| Assembly of 2nd telescope (November 2001) |
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| Camera of 1st telescope, with photodetector plane and light flasher system in camera lid (December 2001) |
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| Photon detectors, upper half with light-collecting funnels in front of photon detectors (December 2001) |
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| NEC crew in front of the 1st telescope (December 2001) |
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| 1st telescope and structure of 2nd telescope (January 2002) |
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| 1st telescope, now with all mirrors complete (February 2002) |
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| Mirror plane of 1st telescope (February 2002) |
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| 1st telescope at sunset (February 2002) |
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| 1st telescope at night (February 2002) |
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| 1st telescope and structure of 2nd telescope (February 2002) |
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| Site overview; 1st telescope in the background left, 2nd telescope structure in the background right, assembly of 3rd telescope in foreground (February 2002) |
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| 2nd telescope and moon (February 2002) |
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| Back side of dish, showing the mirror supports and the actuators used to align the mirrors (March 2002) |
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| 2nd telescope and rainbow (March 2002) |
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| Dish of a telescope with its spaceframe, ready for installation (April 2002) |
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| Drawing of a mirror unit with its support triangle and the alignment motors |
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| Drawing showing the mirror mounting scheme |
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| Installation of telescope dish (April 2002) |
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| Installation of telescope dish (April 2002) |
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| New telescope drive system (April 2002) |
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| Installation of azimuth cable chain in 2nd telescope (April 2002) |
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| The steel structures of the four telescopes of H.E.S.S. Phase I are ready (April 2002) |
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| Overview of the site, including the control building and the Gamsberg (April 2002) |
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| Overview of the site (April 2002) |
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| Overview of the site (April 2002) |
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| First telescope with lightning protection masts and camera hut (April 2002) |
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| First telescope with lightning protection masts and camera hut (April 2002) |
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| Installation of the camera, inside the camera shelter (June 2002) |
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| First telescope with its camera and the camera shelter(June 2002) |
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| Camera with open lid (June 2002) |
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| Side view of the camera (June 2002) |
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| Telescope structure (August 2002) |
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| Telescope structure (August 2002) |
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| Telescope structure, in the background the Gamsberg (August 2002) |
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| Telescope structures (August 2002) |
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| Telescope structures and control building (August 2002) |
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| Telescope structures (August 2002) |
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| Overview of the site (August 2002) |
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| First telescope, with mirrors and camera (August 2002) |
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| First telescope, with mirrors and camera (August 2002) |
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| First telescope, with mirrors and camera (August 2002) |
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| First telescope, with mirrors and camera (August 2002) |
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| First telescope, with mirrors and camera (August 2002) |
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| First telescope, with mirrors and camera (August 2002) |
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| First telescope, mirror supports (August 2002) |
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| First telescope, camera (August 2002) |
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| Telecommunications tower (August 2002) |
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| Control building(August 2002) |
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| Control building (August 2002) |
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| Telescope CT3 at sunset (August/Sept 2002) |
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| Telescope CT3 at sunset (August/Sept 2002) |
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| View onto the back side of the camera and onto the mirror, in which the front side of the camera is visible. (August/Sept 2002) |
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| The azimuth drive (August/Sept 2002) |
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| Telescope structure (August/Sept 2002) |
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| Telescope structure and control building (August/Sept 2002) |
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| Telescope structure at sunset (August/Sept 2002) |
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| First two telescopes complete with mirrors (Dec. 2002) |
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| First two telescopes complete with mirrors (Dec. 2002) |
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| First two telescopes complete with mirrors (Dec. 2002) |
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| First two telescopes complete with mirrors (Dec. 2002) |
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| First two telescopes complete with mirrors (Dec. 2002) |
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| Christmas telescope - animated gif (Dec. 2002) |
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| Camera 2 arrives on site (Feb. 2003) |
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| Transport of camera 2 to telescope (Feb. 2003) |
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| Installation of camera 2 (Feb. 2003) |
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| View of the HESS array; two telescopes are fully operational (April 2003) |
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| View of the HESS array (April 2003) |
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| Telescopes CT2 and CT3, fully equipped with cameras and mirrors (April 2003) |
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| Telescopes CT2 and CT3 (April 2003) |
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| Telescopes CT2 and CT3, with the Gamsber in the Background (April 2003) |
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| Telescopes CT2 and CT3 from the north (April 2003) |
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| Landscape and telescope viewed through the mirror of one of the telescopes (June 2003) |
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| Landscape and telescope viewed through the mirror of one of the telescopes (June 2003) |
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| Landscape and telescope viewed through the mirror of one of the telescopes (June 2003) |
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| Three telescopes equipped with mirrors and cameras (September 2003) |
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| Three telescopes equipped with mirrors and cameras (September 2003) |
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| Three telescopes equipped with mirrors and cameras (September 2003) |
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| The four H.E.S.S. telescopes; the camera is still missing on the last telescope (September 2003) |
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| The four H.E.S.S. telescopes; the camera is still missing on the last telescope (September 2003) |
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| H.E.S.S. telescope at sunset (September 2003) |
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| H.E.S.S. telescope at sunset (September 2003) |
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| H.E.S.S. telescopes at sunset (September 2003) |
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| View across the mirror of a telescope (September 2003) |
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| View across the mirror of a telescope (the camera is positioned near one mirror, the top half shows the other mirrors, the bottom their reflection) (September 2003) |
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| Complete H.E.S.S. telescope system (January 2004) |
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| Complete H.E.S.S. telescope system (January 2004) |
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| Complete H.E.S.S. telescope system (January 2004) |
![[Photomontage]](../additional/hess-new-verysmall.jpg)
![[Stamp]](../additional/stamp1_verysmall.jpg)
Namibian stamp showing the HESS telescopes
(Click to view larger version) (July 2000)
![[HESS Poster]](../additional/plakat_sehrklein.jpg)
MPIK H.E.S.S. Poster (in German):
small JPEG, TIFF, and
(very) large JPEG
(or A0 or B0 Postscript) version.
