Clouds fly by the NTT

This image shows the 3.58-metre New Technology Telescope (NTT) which was inaugurated in 1989. It was the first telescope to use active optics. This long exposure image shows clouds that fly by overhead and interrupt a perfect the view of the stars.

Credit:

Y. Beletsky (LCO)/ESO

About the Image

Id:beletsky_lasilla_14
Type:Photographic
Release date:10 November 2014, 09:51
Size:5000 x 3333 px

About the Object

Name:La Silla, New Technology Telescope
Type:Unspecified : Technology : Observatory : Telescope
Category:La Silla

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