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Image: UVES on UT2-KUEYEN

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Description: Every day, before the observations start, each telescope undergoes a complete start up during which each of its function is checked, like a plane before take off. Here, Kueyen, the second Unit Telescope, is ready for the night. The instrument in the foreground is UVES, the high-resolution spectrograph.
Title: UVES on UT2-KUEYEN
Credit: http://www.eso.org/public/images/uves_startup_close_dec2004/
Author: ESO
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