Juan Carlos Muñoz on Nostr: Given its latitude, from ESO's Paranal Observatory in #Chile you can see the core of ...
Given its latitude, from ESO's Paranal Observatory in #Chile you can see the core of the #MilkyWay passing directly overhead. In this pic I took a few years ago you can see its faint glow reflected off the dome of one of our 8 m telescopes.
My neck wasn't happy when framing this shot, though, as my camera doesn't have a flip screen! 😅
#astrodon #astronomy #astrophotography
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