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Very Large Telescope (VLT)

Very Large Telescope (VLT)

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Longitude: -70.405163
Latitude: -24.626951
Located on Mount Paranal (2636 m) in the desert Atacama in Chile, the VLT (Very Large Telescope) is a set of 4 giant telescopes of 8.2 m diameter whose combination is equivalent to a telescope of 16.4 m in diameter (the most powerful in the world).
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Country: Chile
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