A little gegenschein

In the upper left side of this fish-eye view,faint sky glow effect known as gegenschein is visible over Yepun, one of the four 8.2-metre Unit Telescopes at the Very Large Telescope (VLT). The VLT is based at the Cerro Paranal site in the Atacama Desert of northern Chile.

Credit:

M. Claro/ESO

About the Image

Id:vltrotatingmagecloud-6051-final-cc
Type:Photographic
Release date:12 July 2016, 14:40
Size:5472 x 3594 px

About the Object

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

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