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| Third MELIPAL M1 Cell |
VLT Active Optics Simulation (artist’s impression) |
Visits to Paranal |
Refilling liquid nitrogen into the X-Shooter |
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| Austrian and Portuguese Ministers for Science visit Paranal |
Complete set |
VLT First Light, 25 May 1998 |
Exploring the Centre of the Milky Way |
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| The Clean Room at the MMB |
Julian Petrasch, 21st European Union Contest for Young Scientists prizewinner |
Auxiliary Telescope at the VLT |
VLT M1 Mirror |
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| Paranal Residencia |
Paranal Residencia Under Construction |
Measuring the Reflectivity of the 8.2-m Zerodur Mirror |
Rear Side of the M3 Mirror |
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| M3: Preparations for Mounting |
Lifting of the M3 MELIPAL Mirror |
Preparations for the Mirror Cell Attachment to MELIPAL |
M3 Mirror in its Cell |
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| M1 Mirror Cell Removal |
M1 Mirror Cell: Preparation for Transport |
M1 Mirror Cell Transport |
M3 Tower and M3 Mirror |
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| M1 Mirror Cell |
M1 Mirror Cell Transport |
M1 Mirror Cell |
Installed M1 Cell |
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| MELIPAL Dummy Concrete Mirror |
KUEYEN UVES |
KUEYEN UVES Spectrograph |
M1 Cell: Moved Up the Mountain |
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| M1 Cell: Temporary Storage |
Removing the Dummy Mirror Cell |
Nuno Crato Visits Paranal |
The Crown Prince Couple of Denmark on the platform of ESO's Very Large Telescope |
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| KMOS on the Very Large Telescope at the time of first light |
UT4 cell and straps |
VLT site testing |
Rare storm over Paranal |
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| Filming at Paranal |
Big and Bigger Telescopes |
Paranal Liquid Nitrogen Facility |
FORS2 at KUEYEN |
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| Coated MELIPAL Mirror |
Lifting the Mirror |
Control Building and Satellite Antenna |
Arrival at the MELIPAL Enclosure |
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| 8.2-m Zerodur Mirror Resting in its Cell |
Lifting of the Mirror Cell |
8.2-m Zerodur Mirror |
Lowering of the M3 MELIPAL Mirror |