Yepun's Laser Guide Star

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

Herkunftsnachweis:

ESO/F. Char

Über das Bild

ID:undermoonlight
Typ:Fotografisch
Veröffentlichungsdatum:27. Oktober 2015 12:29
Größe:5472 x 3648 px

Über das Objekt

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

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