Mirror installed on first VLT Unit Telescope

The 8.2-m Zerodur mirror for the VLT UT1 rests safely in its Cell, following the successful exchange in the Mirror Maintenance Building (MMB). (Photo obtained on April 12, 1998).

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ESO

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Id:eso9813m
Type:Photographic
Release date:17 April 1998
Related releases:eso9813
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Name:Mirror, Very Large Telescope
Type:Unspecified : Technology : Observatory : Telescope
Category:Paranal

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