The APEX Telescope (IMAGE)

University of Arizona

The APEX Telescope

Caption

The Atacama Pathfinder Experiment telescope sits atop the plateau of Chajnantor in the Chilean Andes, more than 16,000 feet high. The plane of our galaxy -- the Milky Way -- can be seen in the sky looking like a band of faint, glowing clouds. To the left of APEX is the central region of the Milky Way, where a supermassive black hole lurks at the core of our galaxy.

Credit

SO/B. Tafreshi/TWAN/twanight.org

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