Unit Telescope ready to observe

As the Sun sets over Cerro Paranal in Chile's Atacama desert, ESO's Very Large Telescope (VLT) begins to observe. Here, one of the Unit Telescopes is open ready to look out into the Universe, next to one of its smaller companions, an Auxiliary Telescope.

Credit:

H. Stockebrand/ESO

About the Image

Id:img-9524-cc
Type:Photographic
Release date:12 October 2016, 15:28
Size:4984 x 3375 px

About the Object

Name:Auxiliary Telescopes, VLT Unit Telescopes
Type:Unspecified : Technology : Observatory
Category:Paranal

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