Europe's Very Large Telescope (VLT)

The European Southern Observatory's (ESO) Very Large Telescope (VLT) located at Cerro Paranal in Northern Chile is constantly pursuing observations based on results from ESA's space missions. At a height of 2600 m, the VLT is the world's highest optical observatory and one of the most powerful.

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[talonCZ]

Great european technology. Thx for posting.

[turkeyjurker]

make science not war! ;) lol

[Englishgrammar]

@marcopolo3001 Well, you should stop shoving things down it and then it might recover.

[Englishgrammar]

Can't wait for the Espresso instrument to be added to this telescope so that they'll be able to detect Earth sized planets around Alpha Centauri and all the other nearby stars. It will make the Kepler space telescope look quite primitive.

[marcopolo3001]

The top of the observatory looks like the bulbous head of my penis.

[cecasander]

@vladika07 There aren't any spy satellites orbitting the moon, and I think that do the few satellites that orbit the moon aren't really designed to zoom in on small objects like the lander modules (which were only a few meters side to side), although there are plenty of small-sized landing site pictures. The real question here is that if such  detailed pictures existed, would you have accepted it as proof of actual landings?

[TheJomogogo]

@vladika07

earth satellies CANNOT see "stamp sized objects" that's another hoax bullshit claim,and the VLT CANNOT break out anything that small on the moon.

[0FaVoR0]

creative name

[nwopropaganda]

@vladika07 I totally agree. Man was never on the moon. But the VLT is awesome!

[vladika07]

They will never show the alleged Moon Landing site. Earth orbiting spy satellites can see stamp sized objects- but the moon orbiting satellites can't see anything? Also since allegedly the moon has no atmosphere the photos takes from the moon's orbit should be razor sharp. Where are such photos? It never happened!

[bildsturmVision23]

Anybody know where i could find quality dvd's about the Esa space station in Cerro Paranal?

[hogo1]

they have, just not with an earth based telescope. Earlier this year the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) and a Japanese Orbiter have taken pictures of the landing sites. You can see the bottom halves of the lunar landers and footprints!! Look it up.