Twenty Years of FORS Science Operations on the VLT

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Jun 2010

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2010msngr.140....2r&link_type=abstract

The Messenger, vol. 140, p. 2-7

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Celebrating the double jubilee of ten years in operation of FORS1 and FORS2, this article summarises, from an insider’s point of view, the history of the FORS instruments, arguably the most prolific on ESO’s Very Large Telescope. The FORS story began in the early 1990s and FORS1 was the first VLT user instrument to be commissioned. Both FORS instruments have undergone considerable evolution and quickly parted from the original concept of being identical twins. They have both made major contributions to scientific research and have helped shape VLT operations. In 2009, FORS1 was retired, but FORS2 continues, fusing the best of both.

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