The VLT family
This spectacular image shows the Milky Way lying parallel to the horizon behind 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: | vltmilkywaymeteor-6059-final-cc |
Type: | Photographic |
Release date: | 18 July 2016, 10:07 |
Size: | 5472 x 3648 px |
About the Object
Name: | Very Large Telescope |
Type: | Unspecified : Technology : Observatory |
Category: | Paranal |
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