MilkyWay-ALMA (IMAGE)

Max-Planck-Gesellschaft

MilkyWay-ALMA

Caption

This image shows the central region of the Milky Way above the antennas of the ALMA observatory. The direction to the Galactic center is halfway between Antares, the brightest star visible in the picture and the tip of an ALMA antenna in the foreground (second from right).

Credit

Y. Beletsky (LCO)/ESO

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