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2014
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Caisses contenant MUSE (Multi unit spectroscopic explorer), un instrument d'observation des étoiles, à l'observatoire Paranal, dans le désert d'Atacama au Chili, en janvier 2014. MUSE sera installé sur le Very large telescope (VLT). Ce spectrographe 3D à grand champ de vue découpe les spectres lumineux collectés par le télescope, en vue de leur analyse. Il va permettre d'explorer l'Univers lointain et d'étudier la formation et l'évolution des galaxies, la population stellaire dans les galaxies proches, les trous noirs massifs, les jeunes étoiles...
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2014
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