Big and bigger telescopes

Three of the nearly 40m-tall enclosures for the VLT (right) tower over the mobile Auxiliary Telescopes (ATs) at Paranal. All four of the ATs are visible here in this image obtained in March 2009.

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ESO

About the Image

Id:eso-paranal-vlt
Type:Photographic
Release date:3 December 2009, 23:21
Size:5616 x 3744 px

About the Object

Name:Auxiliary Telescopes, Very Large Telescope
Type:Unspecified : Technology : Observatory : Telescope
Category:Paranal

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