First light of the VLT Laser Guide Star
A 50-cm wide yellow laser beam is coming out of Yepun, UT4 of the Very Large Telescope. On the left, the Milky Way is shining while above right one of the Magellanic Clouds is clearly visible.
Credit:ESO/G.Hüdepohl (atacamaphoto.com)
About the Image
| Id: | eso0607a |
| Type: | Photographic |
| Release date: | 23 February 2006 |
| Related releases: | eso0607 |
| Size: | 4081 x 6133 px |
About the Object
| Name: | Very Large Telescope |
| Type: | Unspecified : Technology : Observatory : Telescope Solar System : Sky Phenomenon : Night Sky |
| Category: | Paranal |
