VLT Very Large Telescope v0.2
This is an evolving scenario, made using only the tools of the flight simulator, therefore without FPS decay. I’m trying to improve terraforming and other things. if you have any suggestions or advice please do not hesitate to let me know. I hope you enjoyed it!
The Very Large Telescope (VLT) is a telescope facility operated by the European Southern Observatory on Cerro Paranal in the Atacama Desert of northern Chile. The VLT consists of four individual telescopes, each with a primary mirror 8.2 m across, which are generally used separately but can be used together to achieve very high angular resolution.[1] The four separate optical telescopes are known as Antu, Kueyen, Melipal, and Yepun, which are all words for astronomical objects in the Mapuche language. The telescopes form an array which is complemented by four movable Auxiliary Telescopes (ATs) of 1.8 m aperture.
The VLT operates at visible and infrared wavelengths. Each individual telescope can detect objects roughly four billion times fainter than can be detected with the naked eye, and when all the telescopes are combined, the facility can achieve an angular resolution of about 0.002 arc-second. In single telescope mode of operation angular resolution is about 0.05 arc-second.[2]
The VLT is the most productive ground-based facility for astronomy, with only the Hubble Space Telescope generating more scientific papers among facilities operating at visible wavelengths.[3] Among the pioneering observations carried out using the VLT are the first direct image of an exoplanet, the tracking of individual stars moving around the supermassive black hole at the centre of the Milky Way, and observations of the afterglow of the furthest known gamma-ray burst.
There is an apparently disused aerodrome in the plain present in Flight simulator, excellent for exploring the area of Cerro Paranal where the VLT is located and on the opposite side the Cerro Armazones where the 30-meter E-ELT (European Extremely Large telescope) is under construction
V 0.2 added POI , VISTA and NGTS Observatory
ICAO airport code: SCPA
Latitude: -24.6396° or 24° 38′ 22.5″ south
Longitude: -70.3486° or 70° 20′ 54.9″ west
Elevation: 2068 metres (6785 feet)
