200-planetenteleskop-dixon - German space telescope orbits high above the earth. A painting depicting a space telescope optimized for planetary observation operating in deep space. The spacecraft features a gold foil-wrapped central bus, extended rectangular solar panel arrays on open metal frameworks, a dark open primary aperture, and a cone-shaped sunshield pointing away from its targets. Earth and Moon are in the background,l set against a dense starfield and a sweeping band of the Milky Way galaxy. acrylic and gouache, 1987
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