Mounted image 8: VLT panorama
The Very Large Telescope on the 2600-metre high Cerro Paranal plateau in the Chilean Atacama desert is ESO’s premier site for observations in visible and infrared light. The four Unit Telescopes with 8.2-metre diameter mirrors are complemented by four 1.8-metre diameter Auxiliary Telescopes to improve imaging capabilities and enable full night-time use on a year-round basis. The VLT can also combine the light from the Unit Telescopes to work as an interferometer.
Credit:
ESO/F. Kamphues
About the Mounted Image
Buy in shop| Id: | mounted_008 |
| Release date: | 15 March 2011, 16:35 |
| Dimensions: | 80 cm (W) x 26.67 cm (H) |
| Related archive image: | vltpanorama |