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The Very Large Telescope (VLT).1999.

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ESO/Novapix

Reference

o-vlt01-10010

Date

2006-10-31

Aerial view of the Paranal observatory. The four 8,2m telescopes are visible with the foundations for the 1.8-m VLT Auxiliary Telescopes (ATs) that together will be used as the VLT Interferometer (VLTI). The three ATs will move on rails between the thirty observing stations above the holes that provide access to the underlying tunnel system. The light beams from the individual telescopes will be guided towards the centrally located, partly underground Interferometry Laboratory in which the VLTI instruments will be set up. This photo was obtained in December 1999.