View of the first MACAO-VLTI facility at Paranal

On April 18, 2003, a team of engineers from ESO celebrated the successful accomplishment of "First Light" for the MACAO-VLTI Adaptive Optics facility on the Very Large Telescope (VLT) at the Paranal Observatory (Chile). This is the second Adaptive Optics (AO) system put into operation at this observatory.

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Id:eso0313a
Type:Foto
Udgivelsesdato:13. maj 2003
Relaterede pressemeddelelser:eso0313
Størrelse:1600 x 1375 px

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Navn:Very Large Telescope Interferometer
Type:Unspecified : Technology : Observatory : Telescope
Kategori:Paranal

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