Astronomy Picture of the Day

   [1]Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our
      fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation
                    written by a professional astronomer.

                                2022 March 15
      [2]An image of the road to the La Silla Observatory in Chile with
    telescope on the horizon and stars, galaxies, planets, and airglow in
     the sky. Please see the explanation for more detailed information.

                             A Road to the Stars
     Image Credit: [3]ESO, [4]Petr Horálek ([5]ESO [6]Photo Ambassador,
                        [7]Inst. of Physics in Opava)

   Explanation: Pictured -- a very scenic road to the stars. The road
   approaches [8]La Silla Observatory in [9]Chile, with the [10]ESO's
   [11]3.6-meter telescope just up ahead. To the left are some
   futuristic-looking [12]support structures for the planned [13]BlackGEM
   telescopes, an array of optical telescopes that will help locate
   optical counterparts to [14]gravitational waves detections by [15]LIGO
   and other detectors. But there is much more. Red [16]airglow
   illuminates the night sky on the right, while the [17]central band of
   our [18]Milky Way Galaxy slants across [19]the image center.
   [20]Jupiter can [21]be seen just above the band near the image center,
   while [22]Saturn is visible just above the 3.6-meter telescope dome.
   The two largest satellite galaxies of our [23]Milky Way Galaxy, the
   [24]LMC and [25]SMC, are seen on the far right. The [26]featured image
   panorama was built up from multiple 15-second exposures that were
   captured on 2019 June 30. Two days later, [27]La Silla experienced a
   [28]rare total eclipse of the Sun.

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