Silhouette portrait

The starry night invites to go out and look to the stars, even if you have professional telescopes at hand. The dome in the image belongs to the TRAPPIST–South robotic telescope, that had first light at ESO’s La Silla Observatory, in Chile, in June 2010. TRAPPIST–South stands for TRAnsiting Planets and PlanetesImals Small Telescope–South.