Caption: Artistic view inside the Athena telescope, with the mirror being located up front of the image. The science payload is on the other side of the telescope. The mirror is mounted on an hexapod that can distribute the focal beam to either WFI or X-IFU.

Additional comments: This image was extracted from the 2019 X-IFU movie, which can be watched on the X-IFU YouTube channel.

Reference: X-IFU consortium production (2019).

Creation date: 29/10/2019.

Credits: IRAP/CNRS/UT3/CNES/Fab&Fab.