Yepun's Laser Guide Star

An orange laser beam — used to produce an artificial star high up in Earth's atmosphere — emerges from Yepun, one of the four Unit Telescopes that form part of ESO's Very Large Telescope, situated atop Cerro Paranal in northern Chile.

Kredit:

ESO/ F. Char

O snímku

Id:shootingtothesky
Typ:Fotografický
Datum zveřejnění:27. října 2015 12:13
Velikost:3648 x 5472 px

O objektu

Jméno:Laser Guide Star, Very Large Telescope
Typ:Unspecified : Technology : Observatory : Telescope
Kategorie:Paranal

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