A view of VLT in Paranal

A view of the upper platform at the ESO Paranal Observatory with the four enclosures for the VLT 8.2-m Unit Telescopes and the partly subterranean Interferometric Laboratory (at centre). YEPUN (UT4) is housed in the enclosure to the right. This photo was obtained in the evening of November 25, 2001, some hours before "First Light" was achieved for the new NAOS-CONICA instrument, mounted at that telescope. 

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ESO

About the Image

Id:eso0137k
Type:Photographic
Release date:3 December 2001
Related releases:eso0137
Size:2946 x 2028 px

About the Object

Name:Very Large Telescope
Type:Unspecified : Technology : Observatory : Telescope
Category:Paranal

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