ANTU in its lair
This rather eccentric image shows one of the Unit Telescopes of ESO's Very Large Telescope (VLT), inside its protective dome. The VLT consists of four such telescopes, each having a main mirror some 8.2 metres across, accompanied by four smaller, auxiliary, telescopes. Together they amount to one of the most powerful astronomical facilities in the world. Each of the four Unit Telescopes has been given a name from the indigenous Mapuche (Mapudungun) language: this one is called Antu, which means The Sun.
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About the Image
| Id: | ut1-final-cc-extended |
| Type: | Photographic |
| Release date: | 26 September 2017, 17:08 |
| Size: | 4440 x 2220 px |
| Field of View: | 360° x 180° |
About the Object
| Name: | Panorama, Very Large Telescope |
| Type: | Unspecified : Technology : Observatory : Telescope |
| Category: | 360 Panorama Paranal |
