A laser guide star is an artificial star image created for use in astronomical adaptive optics systems, which are employed in large telescopes in order to correct atmospheric distortion of light, a ph
Powerful laser guide star system at the Paranal Observatory.
The first 22-watt TOPTICA sodium laser of the Adaptive Optics Facility
One of the launch telescopes for the VLT Four Laser Guide Star Facility.
Paranal Observatory is an astronomical observatory operated by the European Southern Observatory. It is located in the Atacama Desert of Northern Chile on Cerro Paranal at 2,635 m altitude, 120 km sou
Laser guide star
…Powerful laser guide star system at the Paranal Observatory. The actual laser guide star is the small spot above the apparent end of the laser beam. A laser guide star is an artificial star image created for use…
Aerial view of the ESO Very Large Telescope
The four VLTs and ATs and the VST on the main peak and VISTA in the background
Main entrance of the Paranal Observatory
A 360-degree panorama of the southern sky above the Paranal platform