LGSF and the Large Magellanic Cloud

The artificial Laser Guide Star (LGSF) is pointing at the Large Magellanic Cloud, enabling Adaptive Optics observations of that region of the sky.

Credit:

ESO

About the Image

Id:eso_laser_lmc-4709
Type:Photographic
Release date:3 December 2009, 23:21
Size:4368 x 2912 px

About the Object

Name:Large Magellanic Cloud, Laser Guide Star
Type:Local Universe : Galaxy : Type : Irregular
Unspecified : Technology : Observatory : Facility
Category:Galaxies

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