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Paranal horizon in the milky way plane

by

S.Guisard/Novapix

Reference

a-vlc01-00048

Date

2008-10-30

A fish-eye view of southern sky in Chile. Milky way is visible along the 360 degrees of the horizon line. Also visible are Gegenschein at zenith, Paranal observatory with Laser Guide Star, and the three brightest galaxies visible on earth (the large Magellanic clouds and Andromeda galaxy).