VLT

abbreviation for

1. Very Large Telescope: the name of an array of four large optical telescopes located in the Paranal Observatory in the Chilean part of the Atacama Desert
2. video lottery terminal: one of a network of gambling machines connected to a centralized computer system which decides the outcome of each game using a random-number generator

Example Sentences

The scientists hope future observations with the VLT and ESO’s upcoming Extremely Large Telescope will allow them to rule out the tidal disruption scenario, and to learn more about the feeding mechanism that causes AGNs to awake and shine so brightly.

From Science Magazine

The VLT’s Multi Unit Spectroscopic Explorer instrument can take an image of the whole galaxy with each pixel broken down into a spectrum of different wavelengths.

From Science Magazine

Additional data for the survey were obtained using the VLT's X-shooter instrument, which allowed astronomers to determine how young and how massive the stars are.

From Science Daily

"We first used neon to study planet-forming discs more than a decade ago, testing our computational simulations against data from Spitzer, and new observations we obtained with the ESO VLT," said Professor Richard Alexander from the University of Leicester School of Physics and Astronomy.

From Science Daily

The VLT is made of four large telescopes which can work together as one even more powerful telescope.

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