ESOcast 120: Chile Chill 10 – “VLT Main Mirror Recoating”

This video takes a relaxed look at a tense process — cleaning and recoating the surface of one of the ESO Very Large Telescope’s 8.2-metre main mirrors.

Credit:

ESO
Directed by: Nico Bartmann and Herbert Zodet.
Editing: Nico Bartmann.
Web and technical support: Mathias André and Raquel Yumi Shida.
Written by: Lauren Fuge, Izumi Hansen and Richard Hook.
Music: breitbandkater – elektrische Schafe (www.derkleinegruenewuerfel.de).
Footage and photos: ESO, G. Hüdepohl (atacamaphoto.com), N. Risinger (skysurvey.org) and R. Wesson.
Executive producer: Lars Lindberg Christensen.