Telescope
Very Large Telescope
Also known as VLT
Observatories8.2 m aperture
Imagery
VLT Cerro Paranal Total Lunar Eclipse 21 December 2010
This panoramic photo, taken by ESO Photo Ambassador Yuri Beletsky, shows the view of the starry sky from the site of ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) at Cerro Paranal during the total lunar eclipse of 21 December 2010.
ESO/Y. Beletsky · CC BY
Overview
ESO's Very Large Telescope at Paranal comprises four 8.2-metre telescopes that can combine as an interferometer; it is among the most scientifically productive observatories on the ground.
Instruments
Observing bands
Knowledge connections
- StudiesThe Milky Way
- Operated byEuropean Southern Observatory
- Part ofParanal Observatory
- ObservesVisible light
- ObservesInfrared
- Has instrumentMUSE
- Has instrumentSPHERE
- Discovery facility for2MASS J01033563-5515561 AB b
- Discovery facility for2MASS J12073346-3932539 b
- Discovery facility forAB Pic b
- Discovery facility forAF Lep b
- Discovery facility forb Cen AB b
- Discovery facility forBarnard b
- Discovery facility forbet Pic b
- Discovery facility forCT Cha b
- Discovery facility forDENIS-P J082303.1-491201 b
- Discovery facility forGJ 676 A c
- Discovery facility forGQ Lup b
- Discovery facility forHD 100546 b
- Discovery facility forHD 135344 A b
- Discovery facility forHD 143811 AB b
- Discovery facility forHD 169142 b
- Discovery facility forHD 22496 b
- Discovery facility forHD 284149 AB b
- Discovery facility forHD 95086 b
- Discovery facility forHIP 65426 b
- Discovery facility forHIP 79098 AB b
- Discovery facility forHIP 81208 C b
- Discovery facility forL 363-38 b
- Discovery facility formu2 Sco b
Sources
The primary and reference sources this topic draws on.
- ESOEuropean Southern Observatory
Southern-hemisphere observatory data and imagery (VLT, ALMA partner).