FORS1 and FORS2 at ANTU and KUEYEN

This photo shows the twin instruments, FORS2 at KUEYEN (in the foreground) and FORS1 at ANTU, seen in the background through the open ventilation doors in the two telescope enclosures. Although they look alike, the two instruments have specific functions.

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ESO

About the Image

Id:eso9948a
Type:Photographic
Release date:17 November 1999
Related releases:eso9948
Size:1280 x 958 px

About the Object

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

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