Exciting sodium
A laser guide star pierces the sky, exciting sodium atoms high in the atmosphere in order to create an artificial "star" that helps astronomers to counteract atmospheric distortions.
Credit:ESO/C. Malin
About the Image
| Id: | malin_4783 |
| Type: | Photographic |
| Release date: | 12 April 2013, 10:39 |
| Size: | 4256 x 2832 px |
About the Object
| Name: | Laser Guide Star, Very Large Telescope |
| Type: | Unspecified : Technology : Observatory : Telescope |
| Category: | Paranal |
