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Old 25-11-2017, 11:13 AM
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Documentary on the Very Large Telescope Multi Unit Spectroscopic Explorer (MUSE)

MUSE - the Multi-unit spectroscopic explorer - is attached to the VLT in Chile.

It is one of the most sophisticated instruments to be ever attached to a telescope.

Recently it has help make some remarkable discoveries :-
http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/s...d.php?t=163034

This 33 minute video tells the story of its creation by a team of engineers, machinists,
technicians, opticians and scientists :-
https://youtu.be/G02FTI8aIEE

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