Cerro Paranal is a mountain in the
Atacama Desert of northern
Chile and is the home of the
Paranal Observatory
Paranal Observatory is an astronomical observatory operated by the European Southern Observatory (ESO). It is located in the Atacama Desert of northern Chile on Cerro Paranal at altitude, south of Antofagasta. By total light-collecting area, it ...
. Prior to the construction of the observatory, the summit was a
horizontal control point with an elevation of ; now it is above sea level. It is the site of the
Very Large Telescope and the
VLT Survey Telescope
The VLT Survey Telescope (VST) is a telescope located at ESO’s Paranal Observatory in the Atacama Desert of northern Chile. It is housed in an enclosure immediately adjacent to the four Very Large Telescope (VLT) Unit Telescopes on the summit o ...
. It is located south of
Antofagasta and north of
Taltal, as well as inland and west of highway B-710.
Gallery
Up high Cerro Paranal.jpg, Milky Way pictured above Cerro Paranal.
Zodiacal Light Seen from Paranal.jpg, Zodiacal Light seen from Paranal.
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Cerro Paranal
Paranal
Cerro Paranal is a mountain in the Atacama Desert of northern Chile and is the home of the Paranal Observatory. Prior to the construction of the observatory, the summit was a horizontal control point with an elevation of ; now it is above sea ...
Paranal
Cerro Paranal is a mountain in the Atacama Desert of northern Chile and is the home of the Paranal Observatory. Prior to the construction of the observatory, the summit was a horizontal control point with an elevation of ; now it is above sea ...
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