Paranal-Gegenschein
At Paranal, home of ESO's Very Large Telescope, the sky is so dark that the famous and extremely difficult to observe Gegenschein (or "counter shine") can be seen here. This is a faint brightening of the night sky in the region of the ecliptic directly opposite the Sun, caused by reflection of sunlight by interplanetary dust in the Solar system. The photographer used a fish-eye lens to obtain the round effect.
Credit:ESO/Stéphane Guisard (www.eso.org/~sguisard)
About the Image
Id: | paranal_gegenschein |
Type: | Photographic |
Release date: | 3 December 2009, 23:18 |
Size: | 5000 x 5000 px |
About the Object
Name: | European Southern Observatory, Paranal |
Type: | Solar System : Sky Phenomenon : Night Sky : Zodiacal Light : Gegenschein |
Category: | Fulldome Paranal |
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