A Backdrop of Blue and Red
A colorful sunset and layers of blue mountaintops backdrops the Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory (CTIO), a program of NSF’s NOIRLab. Most prominent in the image is the Víctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope, which sits atop Cerro Tololo itself. The SMARTS 1.5-meter and 0.9-meter telescopes, as well as a selection of CTIO’s tenant observatories, are scattered along the ridge. This location allows astronomers a stellar view of the southern night sky, providing access to objects not visible from the northern hemisphere, such as the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds.
Credit:CTIO/NSF’s NOIRLab/AURA/B. Tafreshi
About the Image
Id: | iotw2014a |
Type: | Photographic |
Release date: | April 1, 2020, 3 a.m. |
Size: | 5335 x 3001 px |
About the Object
Name: | Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory |
Category: | CTIO |
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