Surveying the skies
Part of ESO's Paranal Observatory, the VLT Survey Telescope (VST) observes the brilliantly clear skies above the Atacama desert of Chile. It is the largest telescope in the world surveying the sky in visible light.
Credit:ESO/Y. Beletsky
About the Image
Id: | beletsky-paranal-14-cc |
Type: | Photographic |
Release date: | 2 May 2019, 15:00 |
Related releases: | eso1908 |
Size: | 7360 x 4912 px |
About the Object
Name: | VLT Survey Telescope |
Type: | Unspecified : Technology : Observatory : Telescope |
Category: | Survey Telescopes |
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