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English: This impressive photograph, taken at the site of ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) at Paranal Observatory in Chile, shows, towards the centre left, the Milky Way — with its share of nebulae, stars, and gas clouds — rising above the VLT Unit Telescopes.
To the right, competing for attention as it arcs above the horizon, a beautiful, almost triangular band of diffuse light lies along the ecliptic, which is the apparent path of the Sun in the sky as seen from the Earth. This glow originates in the scattering of sunlight by dust located between the planets that are spread through the plane of the Solar System. This coincides in the sky with the band known as the Zodiac, which extends for eight degrees of arc on either side of the ecliptic and contains the traditional zodiacal constellations.Deitsch: Dieses beeindruckende Foto, aufgenommen am Standort des Very Large Telescope (VLT) am Paranal-Observatorium der ESO in Chile, zeigt in der linken Bildhälfte wie die Milchstraße – mit ihrem Gemenge aus Nebeln, Sternen und Gaswolken – über den VLT Hauptteleskopen aufgeht.
Weiter rechts liegt ein wunderschöner, fast dreiecksförmiger Lichtbogen über der Ekliptik, die den scheinbaren Weg der Sonne am Himmel von der Erde aus gesehen markiert, und konkurriert um die Aufmerksamkeit des Betrachters. Dieses Leuchten entsteht durch Streuung von Sonnenlicht an Staubpartikeln, die in der Ebene zwischen den Planeten des Sonnensystems verteilt sind. Dieses Band korrespondiert mit dem Tierkreis, der sich über eine Breite von acht Grad zu jeder Seite der Ekliptik verteilt und die traditionellen Sternbilder der Tierkreiszeichen enthält. |
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Author | ESO/Y. Beletsky |
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Credit/Provider | ESO/Y. Beletsky |
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