Three planets dance over La Silla (annotated)
This image was taken by ESO photo ambassador Yuri Beletsky, who had the chance to spot this spectacular view of a planetary syzygy, also a triple near-conjunction, from ESO’s La Silla Observatory in northern Chile on Sunday 26 May. Above the round domes of the telescopes, three of the planets in our Solar System — Jupiter (top), Venus (lower left), and Mercury (lower right) — are revealed, engaged in their cosmic dance.
Credit:
ESO/Y. Beletsky
About the Image
| Id: | potw1322b |
| Type: | Photographic |
| Release date: | 3 June 2013, 10:00 |
| Size: | 3000 x 2091 px |
About the Object
| Name: | Jupiter, La Silla, Mercury, Venus |
| Type: | • Solar System : Planet • Solar System : Sky Phenomenon • Unspecified : Technology : Observatory • X - Solar System • X - La Silla |
Images
Zoomable
Wallpapers
