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Astronomy Picture of the Day - ELT and the Milky Way
NASA ^
| 16 Mar, 2024
| Image Credit & License: European Southern Observatory - Courtesy: Jens Scheidtmann
Posted on 03/16/2024 12:04:19 PM PDT by MtnClimber
Explanation: The southern winter Milky Way sprawls across this night skyscape. Looking due south, the webcam view was recorded near local midnight on March 11 in dry, dark skies over the central Chilean Atacama desert. Seen below the graceful arc of diffuse starlight are satellite galaxies of the mighty Milky Way, also known as the Large and Small Magellanic clouds. In the foreground is the site of the European Southern Observatory's 40-metre-class Extremely Large Telescope (ELT). Under construction at the 3000 metre summit of Cerro Armazones, the ELT is on track to become planet Earth's biggest Eye on the Sky.
TOPICS: Astronomy; Astronomy Picture of the Day; Science
KEYWORDS: apod; nasa
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posted on
03/16/2024 12:04:40 PM PDT
by
MtnClimber
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Pinging the APOD list.
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posted on
03/16/2024 12:05:19 PM PDT
by
MtnClimber
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posted on
03/16/2024 12:23:14 PM PDT
by
No name given
(Anonymous is who youâll know me as)
To: MtnClimber
As a youngster I heard that long ago people could see so much more in the night skies because there was so little “light pollution” and haze from civilization.
I used to wonder what it looked like to them.
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posted on
03/16/2024 12:24:13 PM PDT
by
frank ballenger
(There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls.)
To: frank ballenger
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posted on
03/16/2024 2:01:37 PM PDT
by
null and void
(Thereâs only one thing thatâs for sure. Everyone on all sides a conflict will be happy to lie to you)
To: MtnClimber
That giant telescope is scheduled for first light in 2028. It will have adaptive optics to correct for atmospheric distortions.
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posted on
03/16/2024 2:35:45 PM PDT
by
Nateman
(If the Pedo Profit Mad Moe (pig pee upon him!) was not the Antichrist then he comes in second.)
To: Nateman
I canât wait for that Big Eye to open up and start looking around!
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posted on
03/16/2024 3:13:11 PM PDT
by
telescope115
(I NEED MY SPACE!!! đ)
To: MtnClimber
Thatâs a big barbecue grill.
I could grill three, four cheeseburgers on it.
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posted on
03/16/2024 5:17:55 PM PDT
by
blueunicorn6
("A crack shot and a good dancerâ )
To: blueunicorn6
You could make part of it into a solar grill to make “green” cheeseburgers.
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posted on
03/16/2024 5:31:28 PM PDT
by
MtnClimber
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Makes me want a Snickers bar
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posted on
03/16/2024 6:09:11 PM PDT
by
NWFree
(Sigma male đ€Ș)
To: MtnClimber
I ate a green cheeseburger once.
I was young and there was drinking involved and, well, it wasnât a pretty picture.
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posted on
03/17/2024 8:12:34 AM PDT
by
blueunicorn6
("A crack shot and a good dancerâ )
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posted on
03/17/2024 12:26:16 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
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posted on
03/17/2024 12:27:11 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
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