Explanation: Very bright planets and very large telescopes are part of this sunset view of Paranal Observatory. The observatory's four, massive 8.2 meter telescope units are situated on top of the 2,600 meter high mountain, Cerro Paranal, in the dry Atacama Desert in northern Chile. The individual unit telescopes can be used separately or in combination and are named Antu, Kueyen, Melipal, and Yepun. 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.
说明：上图展示的是一张巴连那天文台(Paranal Observatory)夕阳西下
的景色，同时拍下了明亮的行星和大型天文望远镜。该天文台包含
有4个8.2米口径的望远镜，座落在海拔2,600米的高山上，位于智利北部干燥的
沙漠地区。这四个独立的望远镜分别被命名为 Antu, Kueyen,
Melipal,以及 Yepun，统称为“欧洲南方天文台
甚大望远镜”（the European Southern Observatory's Very
Large Telescope）。照片中间的亮星为金星，其下方为水星，左上方则为土
星，拍摄时间为2005年6月，面向西方。
原文来自：
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap050817.html
上海网上天文台 cliff编译 |
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置顶卡
变色卡
千斤顶
显身卡