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Southern Cross above ESO's 3.6-m telescope at La Silla
The Mapuche people interpret the Southern Cross as the footprint of a ñandú, an ostrich-like bird. This picture shows this constellation above ESO’s 3.6 m telescope at La Silla observatory in Chile. The two bright stars in the bottom-right part of the image are Alpha and Beta Centauri, which in Mapuche cosmology correspond to “boleadoras” thrown by a hunter to entangle the bird’s legs.
Kredit:Y. Beletsky (LCO)/ESO
O snímku
Id: | Beletsky_3p6_footprint |
Typ: | Fotografický |
Datum zveřejnění: | 18. října 2024 12:00 |
Velikost: | 3500 x 2333 px |
O objektu
Jméno: | Crux Constellation |
Typ: | Milky Way : Sky Phenomenon : Night Sky : Constellation |
Kategorie: | La Silla Stars |