Milky Way stretches over ESO 3.6-metre telescope
Our magnificent Milky Way galaxy is radiant over La Silla Observatory. The ESO 3.6-metre telescope is shown to the right in shadow, now home to the world's foremost extrasolar planet hunter: High Accuracy Radial velocity Planet Searcher (HARPS), a spectrograph with unrivalled precision.
Credit:ESO/B. Tafreshi (twanight.org)
About the Image
Id: | uhd_img4282p_bt_cc |
Type: | Photographic |
Release date: | 12 May 2014, 16:06 |
Size: | 5939 x 11416 px |
About the Object
Name: | ESO 3.6-metre telescope |
Type: | Unspecified : Technology : Observatory |
Category: | La Silla |