Peeking inside a UT
Its enclosure opens to reveal the structure and secondary mirror of one of the four 8.2-metre Unit Telescopes (UT) that comprise ESO's Very Large Telescope (VLT). Located at Paranal Observatory in northern Chile, the VLT is the flagship facility for European ground-based astronomy.
Credit:ESO/A. Ghizzi Panizza (www.albertoghizzipanizza.com)
About the Image
Id: | dsc2356-cc |
Type: | Photographic |
Release date: | 28 October 2015, 11:10 |
Size: | 7360 x 4912 px |
About the Object
Name: | Paranal, Very Large Telescope, VLT Unit Telescopes |
Type: | Unspecified : Technology : Observatory : Telescope Unspecified : Technology |
Category: | Paranal |
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