European Southern Observatory #1
by European Southern Observatory/science Photo Library
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European Southern Observatory #1
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European Southern Observatory/science Photo Library
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La Silla observatory in Chile. The two telescopes are the 1-metre Schmidt telescope (left) and the MPG-ESO 2.2-metre telescope (right). The Milk Way is visible in the sky. The nearby dwarf galaxy known as the Large Magellanic Cloud can be seen above the MPG-ESO telescope. The bright strip of the Milky Way is prominent because, from Earth, we are looking towards the densely-packed galactic centre. The pink and green glow visible just above the horizon is known as airglow, and is caused by excited atoms in the Earth's upper atmosphere.
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February 22nd, 2021
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