Milky Way and star trails over ALMA
A long-exposure photo over ALMA Observatory reveals the depth of our Milky Way Galaxy and the results of the Earth rotation (the star trails) at the same time. The darker spot at the centre of the picture is the Coalsack Nebula in the constellation Crux (the Southern Cross).
Credit:S. Otarola/ESO
About the Image
Id: | startrail-2-cc |
Type: | Photographic |
Release date: | 13 September 2017, 12:17 |
Size: | 6016 x 4016 px |
About the Object
Name: | Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array, Star Trails |
Type: | Unspecified : Sky Phenomenon : Night Sky : Trail : Star Unspecified : Technology : Observatory |
Category: | ALMA |
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