20 AUSTRALIAN SKY & TELESCOPE APRIL 2016

TELESCOPE

Operators

CONTROL ROOM COLLABORATORSAstronomer Diana Da Cunha (left) and telescope operator

Francisco Cacenes work together at the European Southern Observatory’s3.6-metre telescope at

KATHERINE KORNEI La Silla in Chile. The 3.6 metre’s instruments include the exoplanet-hunting HARPS spectrograph.

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professional observatories possible.

ESO / S. BRUNIER FOR SKYPIX

Behind the Scenes