Big questions call for big telescopes
One of the four unit telescopes at the VLT under a clear night at ESO’s Paranal Observatory. Each of the unit telescopes has a main mirror 8.2 metres in diameter, making them some of the largest single-mirror telescopes in the world. They can be used individually or together and, when combined, are equivalent to a single-mirror telescope of 16 metres, effectively the largest optical telescope in the world. Leading to the publication of an average of more than one peer-reviewed scientific paper per day, the VLT is helping astronomers to answer some of the biggest questions about our Universe.
Credit:ESO/Daniele Gasparri (www.astroatacama.com)
About the Image
Id: | DSC02728-CC |
Type: | Photographic |
Release date: | 22 March 2019, 12:24 |
Size: | 4240 x 2832 px |
About the Object
Name: | Very Large Telescope |
Type: | Unspecified : Technology : Observatory : Facility |
Category: | Paranal |