VLT Unit Telescopes

Three of the telescope domes of the VLT, UT1, UT2 and UT3 (from left to right). This picture was obtained during the construction phase of the VLT, more than one year before first light that had been achieved on May 26th 1998.

Credit:
ESO

About the Image

Id:vlt-uts1-2-3
Type:Photographic
Release date:3 December 2009, 23:19
Size:5394 x 4648 px

About the Object

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

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