VLT and a speckling of stars
One of the VLT Unit Telescopes below a sky speckled with stars. The numerous flaps, or louvers, circumventing the enclosure are there to maintain airflow and help keep the interior of the telescope in equilibrium with the surrounding atmosphere.
Credit:A. Tudorica/ESO
About the Image
| Id: | vlt_atudorica015-cc |
| Type: | Photographic |
| Release date: | 17 April 2015, 12:13 |
| Size: | 4150 x 5249 px |
About the Object
| Name: | Very Large Telescope |
| Type: | Unspecified : Technology : Observatory : Telescope |
| Category: | Paranal |
