Milky Way over GTC telescope, La Palma, Canary Islands

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Central bulge of the Milky Way in the Scorpius and Sagittarius constellation glowing over the Gran Telescopio Canarias (GTC) telescope in La Palma, Canary Islands. GTC is one of the biggest optical telescopes in the world with a meter mirror. The Milky Way is our galaxy seen from the inside, forming a band of stars and nebulae stretching across the sky.

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