Mauna Kea Observatories

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This scene was taken in 2014 near the top of Mauna Kea, Hawaii. The orange beam is a laser reference being used by one of the Keck observatories to compensate for atmospheric distortions. The area being imaged by the observatory is the region around the black hole at the center of our galaxy. While the black hole itself isn't visible, the Keck telescopes have been tracking the motions of stars orbiting the black hole.

Видео Mauna Kea Observatories канала Dave Kodama