A cosmic backdrop

The entire arc of Milky Way, full of gas and dust, star clusters and emission nebulae, is a luminous background for the ESO-operated Very Large Telescope (VLT). The VLT is based at the Cerro Paranal site in the Atacama Desert of northern Chile, and it houses four 8.2-metre Unit Telescopes known as Antu, Kueyen, Melipal and Yepun, shown here lined up in front of a stunning starry backdrop.

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M. Claro/ESO

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ID:vltmilkywayset-6016-crop-final-cc
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Veröffentlichungsdatum:7. Juli 2016 13:19
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Über das Objekt

Name:Very Large Telescope
Typ:Unspecified : Technology : Observatory
Kategorie:Paranal

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