UVES on UT2-KUEYEN

Every day, before the observations start, each telescope undergoes a complete start up during which each of its function is checked, like a plane before take off. Here, Kueyen, the second Unit Telescope, is ready for the night. The instrument in the foreground is UVES, the high-resolution spectrograph.

Credit:

ESO

About the Image

Id:uves_startup_dec04
Type:Photographic
Release date:20 August 2013, 17:00
Related announcements:ann13066
Size:3325 x 2348 px

About the Object

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

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