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English: Taken by Stéphane Guisard, an ESO engineer and world-renowned astrophotographer, from Cerro Paranal, home of ESO’s Very Large Telescope, this image directly benefits from the quality of Paranal’s sky, one of the best on the planet. The image shows the region spanning the sky from the constellation of Sagittarius (the Archer) to Scorpius (the Scorpion). The very colourful Rho Ophiuchi and Antares region features prominently to the right, as well as much darker areas, such as the Pipe and Snake Nebulae. The dusty lane of our Milky Way runs obliquely through the image, dotted with remarkable bright, reddish nebulae, such as the Lagoon and the Trifid Nebulae, as well as NGC 6357 and NGC 6334. This dark lane also hosts the very center of our Galaxy, where a supermassive black hole is lurking. The image was obtained by observing with a 10-cm Takahashi FSQ106Ed f/3.6 telescope and a SBIG STL CCD camera, using a NJP160 mount. Images were collected through three different filters (B, V and R) and then stitched together. This mosaic was assembled from 52 different sky fields made from about 1200 individual images totalling 200 hours exposure time, with the final image having a size of 24 403 x 13 973 pixels. Note that the final, full resolution image is only available through Stéphane Guisard. #L
Français : Une portion de la Voie Lactée vue depuis l'observatoire du Cerro Paranal. |
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This image was selected as picture of the day on Wikimedia Commons for 19 January 2010. It was captioned as follows: English: A Milky Way starscape taken from Paranal. The location of the starscape in relation to the rest of the galaxy. Other languages:
Čeština: Část Mléčné dráhy pozorovaná z observatoře Paranal, součásti Evropské jižní observatoře (umístění pozorované oblasti) Dansk: Stjerner i et område af Mælkevejen fotograferet fra ESOs La Silla-observatorium i Chile. (Området set i relation til resten af galaksen). Deutsch: Detail aus dem Zentrum unserer Milchstraße, aufgenommen vom Paranal-Observatorium in der Atacamawüste im Norden Chiles English: A Milky Way starscape taken from Paranal. The location of the starscape in relation to the rest of the galaxy. Español: Imagen de la Vía Láctea desde el Observatorio Paranal. Ubicación de la imagen respecto al resto de la galaxia. Italiano: Una porzione del Centro Galattico ripresa dal Very Large Telescope. L'immagine è stata acquisita nell'ambito del GigaGalaxy Zoom project della ESO che prevede la realizzazione di un panorama di 340 milioni di pixel del Centro della Via Lattea. La porzione copre una parte di cielo tra la costellazione del Sagittario e dello Scorpione. Magyar: A Tejút egy darabja a chilei Paranal Obszervatóriumból fényképezve Nederlands: Fragment van het centrale deel van het Melkwegstelsel (locatie) gezien vanuit het Paranal Observatorium van de Europese Zuidelijke Sterrenwacht. Polski: Zdjęcie fragmentu Drogi Mlecznej wykonane w obserwatorium Parana. Położenie wybranego fragmentu względem całej Galaktyki. Português: Fragmento da Via Láctea (Foto: Observatório de Paranal). Беларуская (тарашкевіца): Здымак Млечнага пуці, зроблены ў абсэрваторыі Параналь (Чылі). Зьмяшчэньне бачнай часткі адносна ўсёй галяктыкі. Українська: Зоряний мис (виступ) в Чумацькому Шляху. Світлина зроблена в обсерваторії Параналь (Чилі) у вересні 2009 р. (Зображення розміщення цього зоряного виступу (скупчення) відносно всієї галактики). বাংলা : মিল্কি ওয়ে ছায়াপথের স্টারস্কেপ। স্টারস্কেপের এই অংশের সাথে ছায়াপথটির বাকি পুরো অংশের সংযোগ আছে। |
This image was selected as picture of the day on Vietnamese Wikipedia.
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Date and time of data generation | 00:00, 21 September 2009 |
Source | European Southern Observatory |
Credit/Provider | ESO/S. Guisard (www.eso.org/~sguisard) |
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Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2 Garching bei München, , D-85748 Germany |
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Keywords | Milky Way |
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