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X-SHOOTER handling tool
The instruments attached to the telescopes sometimes have to be removed, for instance when the main mirror is taken out for re-coating. A set of special handling tools is available to hold the instruments. Here, X-SHOOTER's is visible in the UT2 enclosure in March 2009.
Credit:ESO
