VLT mirror washing unit

The VLT Mirror Washing Unit hangs suspended over the lower half of the VLT Coating Chamber in the Mirror Maintenance Building. It is used to clean the surface of the 8.2-m main mirrors from the VLT Unit Telescopes before the coating process. In the foreground, a part of the upper half of the Coating Chamber.

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Id:eso9951g
Type:Foto
Udgivelsesdato:8. december 1999
Relaterede pressemeddelelser:eso9951
Størrelse:2093 x 1965 px

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Navn:Mirror, Very Large Telescope
Type:Unspecified : Technology : Observatory : Telescope
Kategori:Paranal

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