Optical Telescope Collection (page 2)

VLT telescopes
Very Large Telescope (VLT) at the European Southern Observatorys (ESO) site at Cerro Paranal in Chile. The VLT comprises four 8.2-metre mirror telescopes (Antu, Kueyen, Melipal and Yepun)

Keck telescope domes. Keck I and II telescope domes on Mauna Kea, Hawaii, USA. The optical telescopes of the American Keck I and II each have a 10 metre diameter mirror

Telescope domes on Mauna Kea with meteors
Keck I and II with meteors. Composite image representing meteors seen above the Keck I and II telescope domes on Mauna Kea, Hawaii, USA

Dome of William Herschel telescope
The open dome of the 4.2 metre (165-inch) William Herschel Telescope at the Roque de los Muchachos Observatory on La Palma, in the Canary Islands

Very Large Telescope being built at Cerro Paranal
Very Large Telescope (VLT) under construction at the European Southern Observatorys site at Cerro Paranal, Chile. The VLT will consist of four 8.2-metre telescopes side by side

View of the William Herschel Telescope
View of the 4.2 metre William Herschel Telescope at the Roque de los Muchachos Observatory on La Palma, in the Canary Islands

Keck telescope. Inside the dome of one of the two Keck telescopes on Mauna Kea, Hawaii, USA. The optical telescopes of these American observatories each have a 10 metre diameter mirror

Keck I and II observatories on Mauna Kea, Hawaii
Keck observatories. Domes of the Keck I (at left) and Keck II optical telescopes at sunrise at the Mauna Kea observatory in Hawaii, USA. Keck I is seen partially open

View of the Anglo-Australian Telescope at sunrise
Anglo-Australian Telescope. View of the dome of the Anglo-Australian Telescope (aT) at sunrise. This 3.9m optical telescope is part of the Anglo- Australian Observatory on the summit of the 1200m

Astronomer using telescope to search for ET life
Search for alien intelligence. Conceptual image of an astronomer using a 76 cm optical reflecting telescope to search for extraterrestrial intelligence

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