The SPHERE instrument is lifted into the dome of ESO’s VLT Unit Telescope 3

The SPHERE instrument is very carefully lifted into the dome of ESO’s VLT Unit Telescope 3 ready for it to be installed. The instrument achieved successful first light in May 2014.

Credit:

ESO/J.-L. Lizon

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Id:eso1417g
Type:Photographic
Release date:4 June 2014, 12:00
Related releases:eso1417
Size:1280 x 1920 px

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Type:Unspecified : Technology : Observatory : Instrument
Category:Paranal

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