VLT Survey Telescope

The enclosure of the VLT Survey Telescope (VST), located at ESO's Paranal Observatory in northern Chile, is bathed in a warm orange glow from a low-lying Sun. In the foreground, swallowed by shadow, the tracks on which the VLT's Auxiliary Telescopes travel are shown.

Credit:

A. Caproni/ESO

About the Image

Id:vlt_5999-cc
Type:Photographic
Release date:20 November 2015, 13:22
Size:4288 x 2848 px

About the Object

Name:Paranal, VLT Survey Telescope
Type:Unspecified : Technology : Observatory : Telescope
Unspecified : Technology : Observatory : Facility
Category:Paranal
Survey Telescopes

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