The comet and the telescopes
The extended tail of Comet McNaught, seen from Paranal, observed in the evening of 18 January 2007, when the comet was setting behind the Pacific Ocean. In the foreground: one of the VLT Unit Telescope and two Auxiliary Telescopes.
Credit:ESO/H.H.Heyer
About the Image
Id: | eso0705c |
Type: | Photographic |
Release date: | 19 January 2007 |
Related releases: | eso0705 |
Size: | 4293 x 2800 px |
About the Object
Name: | Comet McNaught, Very Large Telescope |
Type: | Solar System : Interplanetary Body : Comet Unspecified : Technology : Observatory : Telescope |
Category: | Paranal Solar System |
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