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NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day Collection
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NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day Collection
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Planets over Paranal
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Planets over Paranal
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Very bright planets and very large telescopes [ http://astro.ninepl…] are part of this sunset view of Paranal Observatory [ http://www.eso.org/…]. The observatory's four, massive 8.2 meter telescope units are situated on top of the 2,600 meter high mountain, Cerro Paranal [ http://www.eso.org/…], in the dry Atacama Desert in northern Chile. The individual unit telescopes can be used separately or in combination and are named [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] Antu, Kueyen, Melipal, and Yepun [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…]. Together they are fittingly known as the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope. Of course, the very bright planets are Venus (near center), joined by Mercury (below) and Saturn (left) in late June's western evening skies [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…].
Explanation
Very bright planets and very large telescopes [ http://astro.ninepl…] are part of this sunset view of Paranal Observatory [ http://www.eso.org/…]. The observatory's four, massive 8.2 meter telescope units are situated on top of the 2,600 meter high mountain, Cerro Paranal [ http://www.eso.org/…], in the dry Atacama Desert in northern Chile. The individual unit telescopes can be used separately or in combination and are named [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] Antu, Kueyen, Melipal, and Yepun [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…]. Together they are fittingly known as the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope. Of course, the very bright planets are Venus (near center), joined by Mercury (below) and Saturn (left) in late June's western evening skies [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…]. Explanation
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Credit and Copyright:
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Stephane Guisard [ mailto:sgu.astro at gmail.com ]
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Stephane Guisard [ mailto:sgu.astro at gmail.com ]
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Mercury
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Mercury
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Saturn
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Venus
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Chile
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Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
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ESO
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ESO
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Very Large Telescope
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Very Large Telescope
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Mercury
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Mercury
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Saturn
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Venus
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Venus
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SPD-APOD-ap050817
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SPD-APOD-ap050817
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