Panoramic Paranal perspective

The plane of the Milky Way — rippled with dust, gas and stars — elegantly stretches above the four Unit Telescopes of the Very Large Telescope (VLT), three lined up behind one another in the centre. The VLT Survey Telescope is also visible on the right in this unusual equirectangular panoramic perspective from ESO's Paranal Observatory in northern Chile. The red and green radiance scattering the sky is a luminescence known as airglow.

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Jean-Marc Lecleire/PNA/ESO

About the Image

Id:jml_pna_eso_17-cc_eq-ext
Type:Photographic
Release date:4 September 2017, 10:34
Size:6379 x 3190 px
Field of View:360° x 180°

About the Object

Name:Paranal, Very Large Telescope
Type:Unspecified : Technology : Observatory
Category:360 Panorama
Paranal

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