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ESO's VLT Survey Telescope


Date: 02 May 2019
Satellite: Gaia
Depicts: ESO's VLT Survey Telescope
Location: ESO Paranal Observatory, Chile
Copyright: ESO/Y. Beletsky, CC BY 4.0

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.

 
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Last Update: 1 September 2019
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