Coating and handling operation of an 8 meter telescope mirror at Paranal Observatory in Chile

Timelapse movie that shows the full mirror removal, handling, transport and coating sequence of a large 8 meter telescope mirror at ESO’s Very Large Telescope on Cerro Paranal in Chile. The movie compresses an 8 day operation into 12 minutes. More photos of Paranal astronomical observatory at Music credit: Also Sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30 - Introduction Artist: Hartmut Haenchen