Yepun and the Laser Guide Star
The beam of the Laser Guide Star system, on the ESO Very Large Telescope's Unit Telescope 4 (named Yepun), shoots into the impressive night sky, crossed by the Milky Way, on Cerro Paranal.
Credit:Dave Jones/ESO
About the Image
Id: | dave-jones-7 |
Type: | Photographic |
Release date: | 19 December 2013, 10:32 |
Related science announcements: | sciann13065 |
Size: | 3264 x 4928 px |
About the Object
Name: | Cerro Paranal, Laser Guide Star, Milky Way |
Type: | Milky Way Unspecified : Sky Phenomenon : Night Sky : Milky Way Unspecified : Technology : Observatory : Telescope |
Category: | Paranal |
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