Laser to the stars
Unit telescope 4 (named Yepun) of ESO's VLT creates an artificial guide star. This is part of the state-of-the-art Adaptive Optics system, which corrects the blurring effects of the Earth's atmosphere to create high-resolution images.
Credit:ESO/Daniele Gasparri (www.astroatacama.com)
About the Image
| Id: | DSC04970-CC |
| Type: | Photographic |
| Release date: | 7 February 2019, 10:24 |
| Size: | 4240 x 2832 px |
About the Object
| Name: | Very Large Telescope |
| Type: | Unspecified : Technology : Observatory : Facility |
| Category: | Paranal |
