APOD 4.7

I chose to write about the panoramic view of the night sky as seen from the Very Large Telescope site in Southern Chile. Many celestial objects can be seen in this image as well as several easily identifiable constellations. The zodiacal light, sometimes called a false dawn, can be seen towards the left of the image. Venus can be seen as a very bright sphere of light while Saturn can be seen as a slightly fainter one. The constellations are also much easier to identify here because there is almost no light pollution. Among these constellations are Orion, Leo, and Hydra. The band of the Milky Way can also be seen as it stretches across the sky in a semicircle.