Combining forces to reveal the faintest objects in our Universe
The purple dusty band of our Milky Way galaxy can be seen high above one of ESO's 1.8-metre Auxiliary Telescopes (ATs) which work with the Unit Telescopes (UTs) to form a giant ‘interferometer’, the ESO Very Large Telescope Interferometer. This combination allows astronomers to see details up to 25 times finer than with the individual telescopes.
Credit:ESO/B. Tafreshi (twanight.org)
About the Image
Id: | babak-mw-aux-sat |
Type: | Photographic |
Release date: | 22 April 2014, 18:09 |
Size: | 3611 x 4962 px |
About the Object
Name: | Cerro Paranal, Milky Way, Paranal, Very Large Telescope |
Type: | Unspecified : Sky Phenomenon : Night Sky Unspecified : Technology : Observatory |
Category: | Paranal Stars |
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