English: 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.
Italiano: L'unita UT2 del complesso VLT con il primo piano lo spettrografo UVES
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