Under the Dome

Gemini North, one half of the International Gemini Observatory, operated by NSF’s NOIRLab, looks distinctly peculiar in this week’s Image of the Week. Photographs of the telescopes are often taken during the day, and so the telescope domes are closed in a lot of images. Even when the dome is open, only part of the dome is ajar. However, in this image, we see the entire top of the telescope directed at an object in the night sky! The photographer created this curious image by capturing a dozen images of the observatory as the dome turned a full 180 degrees and then stacking the images together. With this photographic trick, it appears the dome has become mysteriously transparent. The odd, brightly lit appearance of Gemini North is juxtaposed with the sprawling brilliance of the Milky Way overhead. 

Credit:

International Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/P. Michaud

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Id:iotw2307a
Type:Photographic
Release date:Feb. 15, 2023, noon
Size:1824 x 2319 px

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