Auxiliary Telescope against a setting Sun

Here one of the Auxiliary Telescopes of the Very large Telescope (VLT) can be seen against a setting sun. This is one of four of its kind, each with a diameter of 1.8-metres they feed light to the VLT Interferometer at ESO's Paranal Observatory.

Credit:

Brigitte Bailleul/ESO

About the Image

Id:bailleu_7531
Type:Photographic
Release date:30 July 2013, 16:46
Size:5184 x 3456 px

About the Object

Name:Auxiliary Telescopes
Type:Unspecified : Technology : Observatory : Telescope
Category:Paranal

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