VLT observing
One of the four 8.2m Unit Telescopes (UTs) at the Paranal Observatory in Chile can be seen in this image, beneath the stunning Milky Way. The telescope is in observing mode, busily collecting data about our home Galaxy.
Credit:ESO/B. Tafreshi (twanight.org)
About the Image
Id: | nik7707p3-cc |
Type: | Photographic |
Release date: | 23 September 2016, 16:33 |
Size: | 8913 x 10319 px |
About the Object
Name: | Cerro Paranal, Paranal, VLT Unit Telescopes |
Type: | Unspecified : Technology : Observatory |
Category: | Paranal |
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