A VLT mirror goes back to work

A truck drives uphill at Cerro Paranal, carrying the 8.2-metre primary mirror of the VLT’s Antu Telescope (UT1). The mirror is being returned to the telescope after a recoating, in November 2010. Each of the VLT’s primary mirrors is recoated every 18 months, in a process that takes a week.

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ID:pzidar_paranal_lv-8
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Publiceringsdatum:4 juli 2011 08:46
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Typ:Unspecified : Technology : Observatory
Kategori:Paranal

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