ANTU, KUEYEN, MELIPAL and YEPUN
This extended to 360 x 180 degrees (with black) panorama was taken at the Paranal Observatory and shows the four Unit Telescopes of the Very Large Telescope (VLT), named ANTU, KUEYEN, MELIPAL and YEPUN in the Mapuche language of the indigenous people of south-central Chile. The Milky Way is splashed across the sky between them.
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Credit:R. Wesson/ESO
About the Image
Id: | img-10150-cc-eq-extended |
Type: | Photographic |
Release date: | 7 July 2016, 12:19 |
Size: | 6476 x 3238 px |
Field of View: | 360° x 180° |
About the Object
Name: | Milky Way, Very Large Telescope, VLT Unit Telescopes |
Type: | Unspecified : Technology : Observatory |
Category: | 360 Panorama Paranal |
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