The SPHERE instrument attached to the VLT

The SPHERE instrument is shown shortly after it was installed on ESO��s VLT Unit Telescope 3. The instrument itself is the black box, located on the platform to one side of the telescope.

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ESO/J. Girard (djulik.com)

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Id:	eso1417c
Type:	Photographic
Release date:	4 June 2014, 12:00
Related releases:	eso1506, eso1417
Size:	4571 x 3428 px

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Type:	• Unspecified : Technology : Observatory : Instrument
Category:	• Paranal

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