Arc of the Milky Way
This impressive image captures the arc of the Milky Way, full of gas and dust, star clusters and emission nebulae, as a perfect background for three of the four 8.2-metre Unit Telescopes situated at the ESO-operated Very Large Telescope (VLT). The VLT is based at the Cerro Paranal site in the Atacama Desert of northern Chile.
Credit:M. Claro/ESO
About the Image
| Id: | vltmilkywaypano-5994-final-cc |
| Type: | Photographic |
| Release date: | 12 July 2016, 10:09 |
| Size: | 10291 x 6507 px |
About the Object
| Name: | Very Large Telescope |
| Type: | Unspecified : Technology : Observatory |
| Category: | Paranal |
