Preparing VLT's UT2 for recoating

The cell of the main mirror (M1) of the VLT's Kueyen Telescope (UT2) is taken out of the telescope building, before being transported to the Paranal MMB for recoating, in May 2008.

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ESO

About the Image

Id:nat-geo-0889
Type:Photographic
Release date:3 April 2013, 11:24
Size:2560 x 1920 px

About the Object

Name:Very Large Telescope
Type:Unspecified : Technology : Observatory : Telescope
Category:Paranal

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