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Building the ESO 3.6-metre telescope

Unpacking the blank for the 3.6-m mirror at REOSC workshop, near Paris, France, in 1967. The ESO 3.6-metre Telescope was inaugurated at La Silla Observatory, in Chile, in 1976.

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Id:ehpa-4-010-cc
Type:Photographic
Release date:16 March 2012, 16:59
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About the Object

Name:ESO 3.6-metre telescope
Type:Unspecified : Technology : Observatory : Telescope
Category:La Silla

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