Galactic neighbours
The Milky Way rises vertically into the skies above ESO's La Silla Observatory in Chile. Almost directly overhead the dome of the ESO 3.6-metre telescope is the Large Magellanic Cloud, one of the Milky Way's dwarf galaxy neighbours.
Credit:ESO/A. Santerne
About the Image
Id: | 24338062505_5474cf32f8_o-cc |
Type: | Photographic |
Release date: | 18 April 2016, 17:07 |
Size: | 5760 x 3840 px |
About the Object
Name: | ESO 3.6-metre telescope, La Silla |
Type: | Unspecified : Technology : Observatory |
Category: | La Silla |
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