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VLT atop Cerro Paranal
The ESO Very Large Telescope (VLT) atop Cerro Paranal, a 2600-metre-high mountain, located some 120 km south of Antofagasta, in the Atacama Desert of Chile. The VLT is composed of four 8.2-metre Unit Telescopes (UTs) and four 1.8-metre Auxiliary Telescopes (ATs). In this picture, taken from the neighbouring peak of the 4.1-metre VISTA telescope (also part of the Paranal Observatory) we see, from left to right: the UT4 "Yepun" Telescope, the VST, and the UT3 "Melipal" Telescope.
Kredit:ESO/José Francisco Salgado (www.josefrancisco.org)
O snímku
Id: | vlt-jfs_1518 |
Typ: | Fotografický |
Datum zveřejnění: | 15. října 2010 18:48 |
Velikost: | 3727 x 2495 px |
O objektu
Jméno: | Very Large Telescope |
Typ: | Unspecified : Technology : Observatory : Telescope |
Kategorie: | Paranal |