Very Large Telescope
telescope facility in the Atacama Desert, Chile
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The Very Large Telescope is an organization that was founded on January 1, 1998.
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Antofagasta Region[3]
- Country: Chile[4]
- Operator: European Southern Observatory[5]
- Part of: Paranal Observatory[6]
- Commons category: Very Large Telescope[7]
- Has part(s): Unit Telescope[8], Auxiliary Telescope[9], Very Large Telescope Interferometer[10], Four Laser Guide Star Facility[11], VLT Survey Telescope[12]
- Inception: January 1, 1998[13]
- Located in/on physical feature: Cerro Paranal[14]
- Service entry: May 25, 1998[15]
- Official website: https://www.eso.org/vlt[16]
- Native label: Very Large Telescope[17]
- Elevation above sea level: 2636 m[18]
- Focal length: 120 m[19]
- Diameter: 8.2 m[20], 1.8 m[21]
- Has part(s) of the class: altazimuth mount[22], Ritchey–Chrétien telescope[23]
- Angular resolution: 0.002 arcsecond[24]
- Observing time available: 320 nights per year[25]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[26]
Why It Matters
Very Large Telescope has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27] It is known by 28 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]
It is credited with the discovery of ISOHDFS 27[29], a spiral galaxy[30].
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What did Very Large Telescope discover?
Very Large Telescope is credited as discoverer of ISOHDFS 27[29].