340-Million Pixel Starscape from Paranal

Wednesday, January 30, 2013 - 17:01 in Astronomy & Space

The second of three images of ESO’s GigaGalaxy Zoom project is a 340-million-pixel vista of the central parts of our galactic home, a 34 by 20-degree wide image that provides us with a view as experienced by amateur astronomers around the world.

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