The SPHERE instrument during installation on the VLT

These sequences show the SPHERE exoplanet imaging instrument during installation on the VLT. The second section shows an engineer working on the complex optics and electronics of the SPHERE instrument, shortly before it was installed and achieved successful first light in May 2014.

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ESO/UHD Team

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Id:uhd_vlt8_2014
Release date:4 June 2014, 12:00
Related releases:eso1417
Duration:34 s
Frame rate:30 fps

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Name:Spectro-Polarimetric High-contrast Exoplanet REsearch instrument (SPHERE)
Type:Unspecified : Technology : Observatory : Instrument
Category:Paranal

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