Cutaway animation of the SPHERE instrument on the VLT

An artist impression of the Spectro-Polarimetric High-contrast Exoplanet REsearch (SPHERE) instrument. An instrument on ESO's Very Large Telescope with the primary objective of discovering and studying extrasolar giant planets orbiting nearby stars.

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ESO/L. Calçada/Jean-Luc Beuzit/Eric Stadler/IPAG Grenoble

About the Video

Id:sphere1
Release date:4 June 2014, 12:00
Related releases:eso1417
Duration:16 s
Frame rate:30 fps

About the Object

Name:Spectro-Polarimetric High-contrast Exoplanet REsearch instrument (SPHERE)
Type:Unspecified : Technology : Observatory : Instrument
Category:Paranal

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