Astronomers from European Southern Observatory put 1200 pictures together to compose the whole scenery of the sky at night in an observing station in Chile. This program is called as "GigaGalaxy Zoom", and all the pictures have been published on internet.

The program connects the common sky with the deep universe in Astronomers, and to help people reunderstand the universe that we are living in. "Giga Galaxy Zoom" is finished by co-efforts of famous astronomical photographer Serge Brunier and astronomy researcher Fernández. Through the website of "GigaGalaxy Zoom", people could watch the splendid scenery of Galaxy in short distance and learn the characteristics of colorful nebulae

Usually, the Galaxy we look on the Earth is a shinning starbelt. However, we could look at those stars in a plane, and we also could see kinds of nebulae.


The Galaxy observed from Earth
Brunier said:"I hope everyone can understand our sky, stars in it and the various celestial bodies." It is also learned that "GigaGalaxy Zoom" will issue the second group of pictures on September 21.


Brunier is taking photoes
By People's Daily Online