All-sky photo of the night sky

This is the largest open-source, freely available all-sky photo of the night sky. With 40,000 pixels, this is arguably one of the best such images ever made. The colossal sky-scape was compiled using images taken by astrophotographer Eckhard Slawik from the best and darkest locations around the globe: Germany (Waldenburg), Spain (Tenerife, La Palma), Namibia and Chile. An annotated version can be found here.

Credit:

NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/E. Slawik/M. Zamani

About the Image

Id:noirlab2430b
Type:Observation
Release date:Dec. 23, 2024, 2 p.m.
Related releases:noirlab2430
Size:40000 x 20000 px
Field of View:360° x 180°

About the Object

Category:Solar System

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