M1 cell: moved up the mountain

Following successful tracking tests with MELIPAL and subsequent removal of the dummy concrete mirror at the MMB facility, the "empty" third M1 Cell is again moved up the mountain, to be stored under the MELIPAL structure until the installation of the 8.2-m Zerodur mirror in mid-November 1999.

Credit:

ESO

About the Image

Id:eso9943n
Type:Photographic
Release date:17 September 1999
Related releases:eso9943
Size:960 x 1280 px

About the Object

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

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