Iridium flare above Yepun
This image shows a bright flash of sunlight reflected from an Iridium communications satellite above Yepun, one of the four unit of the Very Large Telescope at ESO's Paranal Observatory.
Credit:ESO/F. Char
About the Image
Id: | iridium-flare-yepun |
Type: | Photographic |
Release date: | 5 April 2013, 12:18 |
Size: | 2848 x 4272 px |
About the Object
Name: | Very Large Telescope |
Type: | Unspecified : Technology : Observatory : Telescope |
Category: | Paranal |
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