The Sky above La Palma
 Description: Milky Way in Sagitarius as seen from La Palma. The Sky above La Palma is protected by a Spanish law. Thanks to this law, the most polluting village, Barlovento, has new public lights and the influence on the astronomical observations is very low. Credit: John Mills (ING). Technical information: This picture was taken using amateur equipment. Available formats: JPEG (689 K)  Description: Nowadays the number of artificial satellites which populate our skies is very high. This picture is a good example. At least 3 satellites are visible (field of view is 5 arcminutes approximately and the position was 4 degrees away from the celestial equator). Credit: Javier Méndez (ING). Technical information: 30 minute exposure in filter Sloan Gunn g'. Jacobus Kapteyn Telescope, using the JAG CCD camera with SITe2 detector. Available formats: [ JPEG (835 K) | TIFF (233 K) ]. |
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