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                           Astronomy Picture of the Day   
      
       Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our   
         fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation   
                       written by a professional astronomer.   
      
                                   2024 March 16   
      
                               ELT and the Milky Way   
      Image Credit & License: European Southern Observatory - Courtesy: Jens   
                                    Scheidtmann   
      
      Explanation: The southern winter Milky Way sprawls across this night   
      skyscape. Looking due south, the webcam view was recorded near local   
      midnight on March 11 in dry, dark skies over the central Chilean   
      Atacama desert. Seen below the graceful arc of diffuse starlight are   
      satellite galaxies of the mighty Milky Way, also known as the Large and   
      Small Magellanic clouds. In the foreground is the site of the European   
      Southern Observatory's 40-metre-class Extremely Large Telescope (ELT).   
      Under construction at the 3000 metre summit of Cerro Armazones, the ELT   
      is on track to become planet Earth's biggest Eye on the Sky.   
      
                     Tomorrow's picture: when galaxies collide   
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