Galactic backlighting

In this view are visible Yepun (UT4) and Melipal (UT3), two of the four Unit Telescopes of the VLT complex at Cerro Paranal, with the illuminated background of the galactic centre. Our Galaxy, the Milky Way, is easily recognisable in the night sky as a "fuzzy cloud" during winter months in the Southern hemisphere. Its centre is located roughly 30 000 light-years away, looking toward the Scorpius and Sagittarius constellations.

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ESO/F. Char

Über das Bild

ID:vlt_backlighting-cc
Typ:Fotografisch
Veröffentlichungsdatum:23. März 2012 14:10
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Über das Objekt

Name:Very Large Telescope
Typ:Unspecified : Technology : Observatory
Kategorie:Paranal

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