Shooting at the sky
A Unit Telescope of the VLT is shooting its laser in the night sky to create an artificial star, which helps correcting the turbulences in the atmosphere that degrade the quality of astronomical images.
Credit:G. Brammer/ESO
About the Image
| Id: | brammer14-12-cc |
| Type: | Photographic |
| Release date: | 24 September 2014, 10:11 |
| Size: | 3922 x 5874 px |
About the Object
| Name: | Laser Guide Star, VLT Unit Telescopes |
| Type: | Unspecified : Technology : Observatory : Instrument |
| Category: | Paranal |
