First Major Astronomical Instrument Mounted on VLT
On 10 September 1998, the first scientific instrument of the VLT, FORS1, was successfully mounted on the Cassegrain focus of the first 8.2-m VLT telescope (UT1). In this image, FORS1 arrives in the UT1 enclosure. (Photo obtained on September 10, 1998).
Credit:ESO
About the Image
Id: | eso9841d |
Type: | Photographic |
Release date: | 11 September 1998 |
Related releases: | eso9841 |
Size: | 1024 x 768 px |
About the Object
Name: | FORS1, Very Large Telescope |
Type: | • Unspecified : Technology : Observatory : Instrument |
Category: | • Paranal |
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