The Next Generation Transit Survey (NGTS) is located at ESO’s Paranal Observatory in northern Chile. This long exposure night view shows the telescopes during testing. The very bright moon appears in the center of the image and the VISTA (right) and VLT (left) domes can also be seen on the …
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