ANTU, KUEYEN, MELIPAL and YEPUN

This fish-eye image was taken at the Paranal Observatory and shows the four Unit Telescopes of the Very Large Telescope (VLT), named ANTU, KUEYEN, MELIPAL and YEPUN in the Mapuche language of the indigenous people of south-central Chile. The Milky Way is splashed across the sky between them.

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About the Image

Id:img_10150-cc_eq
Type:Photographic
Release date:6 June 2016, 20:01
Size:6476 x 1718 px
Field of View:360° x 95.5°

About the Object

Name:Milky Way, Very Large Telescope, VLT Unit Telescopes
Type:Unspecified : Sky Phenomenon : Night Sky
Unspecified : Technology : Observatory
Category:360 Panorama
Paranal

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