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Credit & Copyright: Barney Magrath For an Amateur Astronomer this image is a familiar summer scene. During this season the Milky Way passes directly overhead and impresses all who view from clear, dark skies. It is one part of the sky that is not dark at all. Van Gogh tried to paint it. He described the un-darkness "Still, a great deal of light falls on everything". Why is it not dark? Because this section of the Milky Way contains the center of our galaxy. A region filled with literally millions of stars. Through the perfect night skies o Mauna Kea one can actually get a sense of this grandeur, this region of blinding light. The foreground dome is that of the 8-meter Gemini North Telescope. The picture was taken from the front door of the CFHT.
Information from Hawaii Astronomy Art
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