Enclosures on platform

The four Unit Telescopes in their enclosures. From left to right there are ANTU, KUEYEN, MELIPAL and YEPUN. These names come from the Mapuche language and mean Sun, Moon, Southern Cross and Venus.

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ESO

About the Image

Id:esopia00065sites
Type:Photographic
Release date:3 December 2009, 23:20
Size:3000 x 2057 px

About the Object

Name:Very Large Telescope
Type:Unspecified : Technology : Observatory : Telescope
Category:Paranal

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