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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Credit:R. Wesson/ESO
About the Image
Id: | img_10150-cc_eq |
Type: | Photographic |
Release date: | 6 June 2016, 20:01 |
Size: | 6476 x 1718 px |
Field of View: | 360° x 95.5° |
About the Object
Name: | Milky Way, Very Large Telescope, VLT Unit Telescopes |
Type: | Unspecified : Sky Phenomenon : Night Sky Unspecified : Technology : Observatory |
Category: | 360 Panorama Paranal |
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