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ESO Photo Ambassador Christoph Malin at ESO's Paranal site. Here is home to ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT), the world’s most advanced ground-based facility for astronomy. Shown here is the 4.1-metre Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy (VISTA), a survey telescope working at infrared wavelengths, and is by far the largest telescope in the world dedicated to surveying the sky at near-infrared wavelengths.

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About the Image

Id:uhd_01_aec_77
Type:Photographic
Release date:22 January 2014, 15:57
Size:5616 x 3744 px

About the Object

Name:Cerro Paranal, Paranal, Photo Ambassador, Very Large Telescope
Type:Unspecified : People
Unspecified : Technology : Observatory
Category:Paranal
People and Events

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