The new set at Paranal - The VLT, the VST dome and the AT1

General view of the Paranal Observatory Platform with six domes (from left to right): ANTU, KUEYEN, MELIPAL, AT1, VLT Survey Telescope (still to be installed) and YEPUN. Some of the positions for the Auxiliary Telescopes and the railway tracks on which they move are seen in the foreground.

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ESO

About the Image

Id:eso0402d
Type:Photographic
Release date:30 January 2004
Related releases:eso0402
Related announcements:ann1097
Size:3000 x 2193 px

About the Object

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

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