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Laser to the stars

Unit telescope 4 (Yepun) of ESO's Very Large Telescope sends up laser light to create an artificial guide star. The guide star is part of the state-of-the-art Adaptive Optics technology that corrects the blurring effects of Earth's atmosphere to produce sharper images. The three other unit telescopes are also pictured, from left to right: Antu, Kueyen and Melipal.

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S. Stroebele/ESO

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Identificazione:IMG_2977PV3-CC
Tipo:Fotografico
Data di pubblicazione:Lunedì 04 Marzo 2019 09:52
Dimensione:2739 x 3721 px

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Nome:Very Large Telescope
Tipo:Unspecified : Technology : Observatory : Telescope
Categoria:Paranal

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