4LGSF at UT4 of the Very Large Telescope

The 4 Laser Guide Star Facility (4LGSF), a new subsystem of the Adaptive Optics Facility (AOF) on UT4 of the Very Large Telescope (VLT), at ESO's Paranal Observatory in Chile. The facility saw first light in April 2016 and is the most powerful laser guide star system in the world. The image was taken by ESO Photo Ambassador Juan Carlos Muñoz-Mateos.

Credit:

Juan Carlos Muñoz-Mateos/ESO

About the Image

Id:ut4_4lasers-cc
Type:Photographic
Release date:4 October 2017, 12:39
Size:3648 x 5472 px

About the Object

Name:Laser Guide Star, VLT Unit Telescopes
Type:Unspecified : Technology : Observatory : Instrument
Category:Paranal

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