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.
Crediti:ESO/Daniele Gasparri (www.astroatacama.com)
A proposito dell'immagine
Identificazione: | DSC02728-CC |
Tipo: | Fotografico |
Data di pubblicazione: | Venerdì 22 Marzo 2019 12:24 |
Dimensione: | 4240 x 2832 px |
A proposito delll'oggetto
Nome: | Very Large Telescope |
Tipo: | Unspecified : Technology : Observatory : Facility |
Categoria: | Paranal |