VLT Unit Telescopes observing a comet
Two of the four Unit Telescopes of ESO’s Very Large Telescope at Paranal Observatory (front: UT2, center: UT3) observing comet 46P/Wirtanen (the turquoise spot in the sky). The comet was being observed simultaneously with the UVES and ESPRESSO spectographs to decipher its chemical makeup.
Credit:ESO/J. C. Muñoz Mateos
About the Image
| Id: | wirtanen_ut2_ut3 |
| Type: | Photographic |
| Release date: | 17 June 2021, 10:56 |
| Size: | 3648 x 5472 px |
About the Object
| Name: | Very Large Telescope |
| Type: | Unspecified : Interplanetary Body : Comet Unspecified : Technology : Observatory : Telescope |
| Category: | Paranal |
