The VLT Auxiliary Telescopes on their mountain perch
The VLT's Auxiliary Telescopes huddle together at Paranal, which appears here to be a platform built in the sky, a situation that would in fact be desirable, but, at an altitude of 2635 metres, the peak of Cerro Paranal makes for an agreeable compromise.
Credit:Enrico Sacchetti/ESO
About the Image
| Id: | vlt_009-cc |
| Type: | Photographic |
| Release date: | 9 July 2015, 10:19 |
| Size: | 6415 x 4033 px |
About the Object
| Name: | Auxiliary Telescopes |
| Type: | Unspecified : Technology : Observatory : Telescope |
| Category: | Paranal |
