A stream of stars above

A stream of the the Milky Way Galaxy shoots across the sky above the Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy (VISTA) at ESO's Paranal Observatory. In this image one can easily see the eta Carinae nebula (the pink-reddish nebula on the top left) and the Large Magellanic Cloud at the bottom left.

Credit:

H. Zodet/ESO

About the Image

Id:upr-kh9a0853-cc
Type:Photographic
Release date:11 September 2017, 14:06
Size:6720 x 4480 px

About the Object

Name:Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy
Type:Unspecified : Technology : Observatory : Telescope
Category:Survey Telescopes

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