Very Large Telescope
LocationChile
Year1998
Size8.2 m mirrors (4)
OperatorESO
About Very Large Telescope
Four unit telescopes at Paranal Observatory in the Atacama Desert. Can work together as an interferometer. The first image of an exoplanet was taken here. Featured in the James Bond film Quantum of Solace. The altitude is 2,635 m in one of the driest places on Earth.
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