The Milky Way over ESO Auxiliary Telescope in Chile's Atacama Desert

The Milky Way over ESO Auxiliary Telescope in Chile's Atacama Desert

The Milky Way over ESO Auxiliary Telescope in Chile's Atacama DesertThe setting of this picture is the European Southern Observatory’s flagship facility—the Paranal Observatory, located in the Chilean Atacama Desert. One of the Auxiliary Telescopes of ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) is visible with its spherical dome closed. Description: The image shows an auxiliary telescope at the center of the picture. Blue, pink, and white stars are scatter…