Yepun's Laser Guide Star

An orange laser beam — used to produce an artificial star high up in Earth's atmosphere — emerges from Yepun, one of the four Unit Telescopes that form part of ESO's Very Large Telescope, situated atop Cerro Paranal in northern Chile.

Credit:

ESO/F. Char

About the Image

Id:towardthezenith
Type:Photographic
Release date:27 October 2015, 12:13
Size:3592 x 5388 px

About the Object

Name:Laser Guide Star, Very Large Telescope
Type:Unspecified : Technology : Observatory : Telescope
Category:Paranal

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