Picture of the Day - Looking into the Milky Way's Heart

The centre of our own galaxy, the Milky Way, is again in the sights of ESO telescopes. This time it?s the turn of ISAAC, the VLT?s near- and mid-infrared spectrometer and camera.



From Chile?s Atacama Desert, site of the ESO observatories, the Milky Way offers magnificent views, particularly in the southern hemisphere winter, when the central region of our galaxy is most visible. However, the Galactic Centre itself, located about� 27 000 light-years away in the constellation of Sagit [...]

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