A cosmic backdrop
The entire arc of Milky Way, full of gas and dust, star clusters and emission nebulae, is a luminous background for the ESO-operated Very Large Telescope (VLT). The VLT is based at the Cerro Paranal site in the Atacama Desert of northern Chile, and it houses four 8.2-metre Unit Telescopes known as Antu, Kueyen, Melipal and Yepun, shown here lined up in front of a stunning starry backdrop.
Credit:M. Claro/ESO
About the Image
| Id: | vltmilkywayset-6016-crop-final-cc |
| Type: | Photographic |
| Release date: | 7 July 2016, 13:19 |
| Size: | 12330 x 6702 px |
About the Object
| Name: | Very Large Telescope |
| Type: | Unspecified : Technology : Observatory |
| Category: | Paranal |
