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The Milky Way passes overhead

The Moon illuminates the Very Large Telescope (VLT) as it sets in the West while the disk of our galaxy, The Milky Way, passes overhead. Also visible, a meteor, the galactic center (west of the zenith), the Small and Large Magellanic Clouds (SMC and LMC), and Jupiter. Paranal Observatory, Atacama Desert, Chile. 24 Aug 09.

© 2009 José Francisco Salgado, PhD

 

See also:

All-sky video, Cumulative video, Milky Way still, 35-exp stack, Moonset, VLT at Dawn,

Earth's Rotation

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Taken on August 24, 2009