Paranal laser
The VLT issue a laser into the sky over Paranal. The beam functions as an artificial star and is used to correct for atmospheric disturbance. The southern Milky Way crosses the sky, featuring the constellation of Carina among others.
Credit:P. Horálek/ESO
About the Image
| Id: | paranal_laser2-cc |
| Type: | Photographic |
| Release date: | 28 August 2015, 15:37 |
| Size: | 5472 x 3648 px |
About the Object
| Type: | Unspecified : Technology : Observatory |
| Category: | Paranal |
