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Mauna Kea Milky Way Panorama

auteur: Wally Pacholka/Novapix

référence: o-mka01-00093

Image Size 300 DPI: 80 * 20 cm

This panoramic view looks out from the 4,200 meter volcanic summit of Mauna Kea, Hawaii, across a layer of clouds toward a starry night sky and the rising Milky Way. Anchoring the scene on the far left is the dome of the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope (CFHT), with north star Polaris shining beyond the dome to the right. Farther right, headed by bright star Deneb, the Northern Cross asterism is embedded along the plane of the Milky Way as it peeks above the horizon. Near the center are the reddish nebulae, stars and dust clouds of the central Milky Way. Below, illumination from the city lights of Hilo creates an eerie, greenish glow in the clouds. Red supergiant star Antares shines above the Milky Way's central bulge while bright Alpha Centauri lies still farther right, along the dusty galactic plane. Finally, at the far right is the large Gemini North Observatory. The compact group of stars known as the Southern Cross is just left of the telescope dome.

Keywords for this photo:

2009 - ASTRONOMY - CFHT - DOME - GEMINI NORTH - HAWAII - MAUNA KEA - MILKY WAY - NIGHT - OBSERVATORY - PANORAMA - POSTER - STAR - STARRY SKY - TELESCOPE - USA -