Road to the Lighthouse (IMAGE)

International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research

Road to the Lighthouse

Caption

This 28 image photomosaic captures the arch of the milky way over the Guilderton Lighthouse in Western Australia, and the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds. The location of a supernova that would have exploded 9,000 years ago and been visible in the night sky is shown in the image.

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Paean Ng / Astrordinary Imaging

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