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... The European HST Archive has been moved to ESA's European Space Astronomy Centre ( ESAC ), Spain, where most of ESA's Space Science Archives are located and operated from. ... The Space Telescope European Coordinating Facility (ST-ECF), jointly operated by ESA and the European Southern Observatory ( ESO ) was, until the end of 2010, the European HST science facility, supporting the European astronomy community in exploiting the research opportunities provided by the Hubble Space Telescope. ...

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... VLT: A New Largest Optical Telescope . ... 1.09.1996 . ... Credit: European Southern Observatory Explanation: What is the largest telescope in the world? ... But an even larger optical telescope is being built. ... The first of these telescopes should be completed in 1997, and all four should be completed and working together sometime in the year 2000. ... September 1996 . ... Publications with keywords: optical - VLT - telescope . Publications with words: optical - VLT - telescope . ...

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... Armagh Observatory astronomers report the publication of the first stunning celestial images obtained with the 11-metre multi-national Southern African Large Telescope (SALT) . ... Exactly five years after groundbreaking, the SALT project has released its first colour images, marking the achievement of 'first light' and the successful debut of full operation for SALTICAM, a $600,000 digital camera designed and built for SALT at the South African Astronomical Observatory (SAAO) . ...

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... September 1, 1996 . VLT: A New Largest Optical Telescope . Credit and Copyright: European Southern Observatory . ... Dubbed the Very Large Telescope (VLT), the European Southern Observatory (ESO) is building four 8.2-meter mirrors in Chile which together will act as a single telescope with a mirror diameter of over 16-meters. The first of these telescopes should be completed in 1997, and all four should be completed and working together sometime in the year 2000. ... About APOD | ...