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re s p e c tiv e ly( c f .Messenger5 3 ,p .2a n d
5 7 ,p .3 4 .)
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in g lc e r a m itin go v e n sw asfille dw itha
meniscusb la n k .O n N ovem ber1 2o n e
b la n kcam eo u t a fte rc o m p le tio no f th e
a n n e a lin ga n dw astra n s p o rte d o n t oa
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W asfo llo w e dim m e d ia te lyb yt h en e x t
cast.
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th ero o fin gs ta g eI nO ctober(F ig . 1 ).I n
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tu rn ta b le
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p e c te dth a tth en e w8 -rnp o lis h in gfa c -
to ry w illb e re a d y fo r th efirs t te s tso n th e
8 -mdum m yi nA p rH1 9 9 2 .
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c o n tr a c tw ass ig n e d w ithth e"A E SC on-
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C o rn p a n e n ti(o fth e
IR IF in r n e c c a n ic a
G roup,le a d e ro fth e
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a n d
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c o m p o n e n ts ,lo c a te di n
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s tru c tio na n dm a in te n a n c eo f in d u s tria l
p la n ts ,i nM ila n ) .
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F m c c ioB re s s a n i (D ire c to rG e n e ra lo f
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to rG e n e ra lo fE S O .
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p re -e re c tio n
a n d
th o ro u g h
te s tin g
i n
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s tru c tu re s ,8 8
w e lla sth es u b s e q u e n t
d is m a n tlin g ,p a c k in ga n dtra n s p o rtt o
th e
V L T
O b s e rv a to ry
a tP a ra n a l.T h e
c o n tra c ta l s oc o v e rsth ee re c tio na n d
fin a l te s tin ga tP a ra n a l.
T h eite m st ob e s u p p lie db yth e c o n -
tra c to rsin c lu d ea llo fth es te e ls tru c -
tu re sw h ic hw illc a rryth eo p tic a l m irro r
c e llsa n da s tro n o m ic a l in s tru m e n ts ;a d -
v a n c e dh y d ro s ta ticb e a rin g so nw h ic h
th e s eh e a v ys tru c tu re sw lllre s t;d ire c t
d riv e
m o to rs
w lth
9 -m e tre
d ia m e te r
w h ic hw ill m ove th ete le s c o p e s(th ed e
s ig no fth e s em o to rsi sb a s e do na n
a x ia l,
d u a la ir-g a p
c o n fig u ra tio n
a n d
th e yw illb e som eo fth eb ig g e s te v e r
b u ilt),a n dh ig h - p r e c is io ne n c o d e rsth a t
w illm e a s u reth ee x a c t p o s itio nof
th e
te le s c o p e s ,s o th a t th e yc a nb e c o rre c tly
a n d
a c c u ra te ly
p o in te d .A
s c h e m a tic
d ra w in go fo n eo f th efo u rV L Tu n it te le -
s c o p e s w itha llo f th e s ec o m p o n e n tsi s
show ni nF ig u re2 .
T h lsc o n t r a c tre q u ire sv e ryh ig he n -
g in e e r in gq u a lityw ithre s p e c tt ote c h n i-
c a lr e lia b ility ,s a f e t ya n d life tim ei no rd e r
t og u a ra n te eth ep la n n e dp e rfo rm a n c e
o f th eV LTa n dt ofu llys a tis fyth eh ig h
e x p e c ta tio n so fE u ro p e a na s t r o n o m e r s
inth es c ie n tificc a p a b ilitie so f th e irfu -
tu reg ia n tt e l e s c o p e .F o rth isre a s o n , th e
Ita lia n firm sh a v ed e c id e dt op o o lth e ir
e x te n s iv e
re s o u rc e s
a n d
e x p e rie n c e .
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a n d
A n s a ld o
C o m p o n e n ti
h a v e
m ade
im p o rta n tc o n trib u tio n s
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c o n s tru c tio n so fth e
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T e c h n o lo g y
T e le s c o p e ,
in c lu d in g
th e
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b u ild in ga n d
th e
m irro rc e llw itha c -
tu a to rsfo r th ec o m p u te r-c o n tro lle d ,a c -
tiv e -o p tic sM Tm irro r.E IEw asa ls oIn -
v o lv e di ns tu d ie so fth eV LT
dom es.
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A n s a ld oC o m p o n e n ti( le a d e r ) ,C R lVa n d
IN N S E , c o n s tru c ts th e3 .5 -m
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le s c o p e fo rIta ly ,atw ino f th eE S OM T.
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c o n s tru c tio n
o fth e
V L T
m a in
structures w ill s ta rtw ith inafe wm o n th s
a n d th ep a rts fo r th efirs to fth efo u r8 -m
te le s c o p e sw illb ed e liv e r e dt oPm al
inla te1 9 9 4 .T h ee re c tio na n dte s tin g
w illb e re a d yi nS e p te m b e r1 9 9 5 , w h e re -
a fte rh eg ia n t m irro rs,w h ic ha r e m ade
InG e rm a n ya n dp o lis h e di nF ra n c e , w ill
b e in s ta lle d .T h e o th e r th re ete le s c o p e s
w ill th e nfo llo wi no n e -y e a rin te rv a ls ,s o
th a tth e
e n tire
V L T
c o m p le xc a n
b e
re a d yi n1 9 9 8 ,ju s to v e r te ny e a rsa fte r
th ed e c is io nb y th eC o u n c ilo fE S Ot o
b u ildth e
w o r ld 's
la rg e s to p tic a lte le
s c o p e .
N extC ontracts
T h ey e a rs
1 9 9 1a n d1 8 9 2re p re s e n t
th e
c u lm in a tio n
o fth e
V LT
p la n n in g
p e rio d .
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th e
n e x t
1 2
m o n th s ,
a n d h e rd o z e nV L T
c o n tra c ts
w illb e
a w a rd e d a fte r th en o rm a lte n d e rin g p ro -
c e d u reh a sle dt oth eid e n tific a tio no f
th eb e s t s u p p lie r s .
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