Hunter of the night
This panorama, extended to 360 x 180 degrees (with black), shows the Milky Way like two great daggers through the sky, over the winding road leading through the La Silla Observatory. The ESO 3.6-metre telescope is visible reflected in a roadside mirror. The telescope hosts HARPS, the High Accuracy Radial velocity Planet Searcher, the world's foremost exoplanet hunting instrument.
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Credit:ESO/B. Tafreshi
About the Image
Id: | nik8915p4-cc-extended |
Type: | Photographic |
Release date: | 4 October 2016, 14:34 |
Size: | 19308 x 9654 px |
Field of View: | 360° x 180° |
About the Object
Name: | ESO 3.6-metre telescope, HARPS, La Silla |
Type: | Unspecified : Technology : Observatory : Telescope |
Category: | 360 Panorama La Silla |
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