Giants at night
The four massive domes of ESO's Very Large Telescopes working at night. The unit at the left is casting its laser into the night in order to create an artificial star which is used as a guide for the adaptive optics system.
Credit:ESO/C. Malin
About the Image
Id: | malin-poss_7722 |
Type: | Photographic |
Release date: | 19 July 2013, 10:58 |
Related science announcements: | sciann13033 |
Size: | 4256 x 2832 px |
About the Object
Name: | Laser Guide Star, Very Large Telescope |
Type: | Unspecified : Technology : Observatory : Telescope |
Category: | Paranal |