La Palma Observatory: Milky Way and the MAGIC Gamma-ray telescopes
author: B.A.Tafreshi/Novapix
reference: o-lpa04-00007
Image Size 300 DPI: 47 * 26 cm
The Milky Way rises over the observatory on the top of La Palma, Canary Islands. The central bright bulge of the galaxy is visible onb the right side toward the constellations Scorpius and Sagittarius.Foreground is the pair of 17 meter diameter, multi-mirrored MAGIC telescopes. The MAGIC (Major Atmospheric Gamma Imaging Cherenkov) telescope is intended to observe gamma rays indirectly by detecting brief flashes of optical light, called Cherenkov light.