Early construction on VLT

The image shows the construction work at the site for the first 8.2-metre Unit Telescope by the contracting consortium SEBIS. The support for the rotating telescope enclosure is being placed on the concrete foundation.

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ESO

About the Image

Id:eso9518a
Type:Photographic
Release date:22 August 1995
Related releases:eso9518
Size:839 x 592 px

About the Object

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

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