Magellanic Clouds Above El Leoncito National Park
January 16, 2017
Photographer: Cristian López
Summary Authors: Cristian López; Jim Foster
Shown above is the night sky above the Cesco Observatory in El Leoncito National Park, near San Juan, Argentina. Featured at top center are the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds. These satellite galaxies of our own Milky Way lie approximately 160,000 and 200,000 light-years away, respectively, and are easily visible from the Southern Hemisphere. Several dozen satellite or dwarf galaxies orbit the Milky Way, but only the Magellanic Clouds are naked-eye objects. The glow of the Milky Way is at left.
In the foreground is the Mobile Astronomical System of Telescope- Robots (MASTER), installed as the product of the working agreement between CESCO, the National University of San Juan and Moscow State University. Photo taken on December 1, 2016.
Photo Details: Camera: Canon EOS REBEL T3; Lens: Tokina AT-X 116 PRO DX II 11-16mm F2.8; Focal Length: 11mm; Aperture: ƒ/2.8; Exposure Time: 25.000 s; ISO equiv: 3200; Software: Adobe Photoshop CC 2015.5 (Windows).
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