eso9204 — Pressemitteilung
Inauguration of the REOSC Polishing Facility for the Very Large Telescope 8.2-metre Mirrors [1]
21. April 1992: On April 24, 1992, the French Minister for Research and Space, Professor Hubert Curien, will inaugurate a unique, new optical facility of R.E.O.S.C [2] , at Saint Pierre du Perray, near Paris. The delicate polishing of the giant mirrors for ESO's 16-metre equivalent Very Large Telescope (VLT) will take place here.