The powerful lasers of the AOF
The four 22-watt laser beams make sodium atoms in the atmosphere glow, creating spots of light on the sky that mimic stars.
Credit:Roland Bacon
About the Image
| Id: | eso1724g |
| Type: | Photographic |
| Release date: | 2 August 2017, 12:00 |
| Related releases: | eso1724 |
| Size: | 5184 x 3456 px |
About the Object
| Name: | Adaptive Optics Facility, Laser Guide Star |
| Type: | Unspecified : Technology : Observatory : Instrument |
| Category: | Paranal |
