A Stellar Storm
At first glance, it looks as though storm clouds are gathering over the Víctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope. Situated at the Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory (CTIO), a Program of NSF’s NOIRLab, the Blanco experiences few stormy nights at its location near the arid Chilean Atacama Desert. The dark cloud-like structures pictured here are in fact dusty areas of the Milky Way that absorb visible light. The bright glittering fringes are not lightning, but thousands of stars — just some of the billions within our galaxy.
Credit:CTIO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/R. Sparks
About the Image
Id: | iotw2103a |
Type: | Photographic |
Release date: | Jan. 20, 2021, 8:48 a.m. |
Size: | 5472 x 3469 px |
About the Object
Name: | Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory |
Category: | CTIO |
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