Star Trails Over Paranal

Star trails create a stellar archway over ESO's Very Large Telescope (VLT), located at Paranal Observatory, high up in the Chilean desert. The VLT is comprised of four 8.2-metre Unit Telescopes (UT) and four 1.8-metre Auxiliary Telescopes (AT).

Credit:

ESO/A. Ghizzi Panizza (www.albertoghizzipanizza.com)

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About the Image

Id:	dsc3720-cc
Type:	Photographic
Release date:	28 October 2015, 10:15
Size:	6016 x 4016 px

About the Object

Name:	Auxiliary Telescopes, Star Trails, Very Large Telescope, VLT Unit Telescopes
Type:	• Unspecified : Sky Phenomenon : Night Sky : Trail : Star • Unspecified : Technology : Observatory • Unspecified : Technology : Observatory : Facility
Category:	• Paranal