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Camera manufacturer	NIKON CORPORATION
Camera model	NIKON D3
ISO speed rating	2,000
Exposure time	15/1 sec (15)
F Number	f/2.8
Lens focal length	44 mm
Image title	After the Sun sets at ESO’s Paranal Observatory darkness descends, but the black sky is speckled with a glorious myriad of sparkling stars. This 15-second exposure demonstrates just how dazzling the skies above Paranal are. Located high in the Atacama Desert in Chile far from any sources of light pollution, on a clear moonless night it is possible to see your shadow cast by the light of the Milky Way alone. Says visual artist and ESO Photo Ambassador José Francisco Salgado, “The skies at Paranal are among the darkest and steadiest I have photographed. I love photographing observatories and at Paranal it's incredible how you can still see just with starlight and zodiacal light!” In the image the stars of the Milky Way seem to be pouring forth from the open dome of the telescope. The brightest patch close to the telescope is the Carina Nebula (NGC 3372), which contains some of the most massive stars in ourgalaxy (see for example eso0905 and eso1031). Near the top of the image are the stars of Crux, the Southern Cross. This constellation, and that of Carina, are in the southern sky and are therefore not visible from most northern latitudes. The telescope in the image is the fourth 1.8-metre AuxiliaryTelescope, part of the Very Large Telescope Interferometer (VLTI). The VLTI consists of four 8.2-metre telescopes, and the four smaller Auxiliary Telescopes, which have mirrors 1.8 metres across. Thanks to the size of the telescopes, their cutting-edge technology, and the excellent conditions at thesite, it is no wonder that Paranal is considered the most advanced visible-light observatory in the world.
Date and time of data generation	20:35, 26 August 2009
Pixel composition	RGB
Flash	Flash did not fire
Scene type	A directly photographed image
Maximum land aperture	3 APEX (f/2.83)
Digital zoom ratio	1
Light source	Unknown
Image width	1,300 px
Exposure Program	Manual
Custom image processing	Normal process
Scene capture type	Standard
Contrast	Normal
Sensing method	One-chip color area sensor
Exposure mode	Manual exposure
APEX exposure bias	0
White balance	Auto white balance
Color space	Uncalibrated
Saturation	Normal
APEX shutter speed	−3.9068910006751
Metering mode	Spot
Scene control	High gain up
Subject distance	4,294,967,295 meters
Sharpness	Normal
APEX aperture	2.9708539982336
Image height	1,300 px
File source	Digital still camera
Exif version	2.21
Lens used	24.0-70.0 mm f/2.8
Serial number of camera	2058253
Short title	Starlight shines brightly above Paranal
Keywords	Auxiliary Telescopes
Source	European Southern Observatory
Credit/Provider	ESO/José Francisco Salgado (josefrancisco.org)
Special instructions	Do not use without permission. Author/Owner credits required when publishing.
Usage terms	Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
Online copyright statement	vectorsandpixels.com
Copyright status	Copyrighted
Date metadata was last modified	19:14, 18 August 2010
Date and time of digitizing	19:14, 18 August 2010
Label	Red
Rating (out of 5)	2
File change date and time	19:14, 18 August 2010
Software used	Adobe Photoshop CS3 Windows
Contact information	vpu@vectorsandpixels.com http://www.eso.org/ Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2 Garching bei München, , D-85748 Germany
Country shown	Chile
City shown	Desierto de Atacama
Sublocation of city shown	Paranal Observatory
Horizontal resolution	28.35 dpi
Vertical resolution	28.35 dpi