Galactic backlighting
Taken: 2011-02-13, 07:45 UT
Place: Paranal Observatory, II Región, Chile
Exposure: 36'', ISO-1600, f/3.5
Camera: The dark silhouette of the Yepun telescope (UT4), with the galactic center in the background. The bright dot just below the Milky Way is the planet Venus.