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Milky Way stretches over ESO 3.6-metre telescope

Our magnificent Milky Way galaxy is radiant over La Silla ObservatoryThe 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

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