A random, attractive frame from the first data release of the #Rubin observatory. I just finished talking to astronomy legend Tony Tyson about the moment he spit-balled the idea of this telescopic monster at 3AM while in the control room of #CTIO in Chile - the only serious telescope I've been to.
A stunning monochrome image of the Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory (CTIO) in Chile at night. The 4-meter Blanco Telescope dome is prominently featured in the foreground, with the Milky Way, Large and Small Magellanic Clouds, and the Southern Cross constellation visible in the background, all illuminated by starlight.
Astronomy Picture from 09/11/2002
A Cerro Tololo Sky
Source: https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap021109.html
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