ANTU, KUEYEN, MELIPAL and YEPUN
This fish-eye image was taken at the Paranal Observatory and shows the four Unit Telescopes of the Very Large Telescope (VLT), named ANTU, KUEYEN, MELIPAL and YEPUN in the Mapuche language of the indigenous people of south-central Chile. The Milky Way is splashed across the sky between them.
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- Equirectangular projected version of this image
- Extended to 360 x 180 degrees (with black) version of this image
R. Wesson/ESO
About the Image
Id: | img_10150-cc |
Type: | Photographic |
Release date: | 14 October 2014, 16:05 |
Size: | 3337 x 3337 px |
About the Object
Name: | Milky Way, Very Large Telescope, VLT Unit Telescopes |
Type: | Unspecified : Sky Phenomenon : Night Sky Unspecified : Technology : Observatory |
Category: | Fulldome Paranal |