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Afrikaans: 'n Bekoorlike beeld van die helder Chileense hemelruim oor 'n sterrewag. Dit toon die vierde van vier Eenheidteleskope (Yepun genoem) van die Baie Groot Teleskoop (BGT), met as agtergrond 'n breë sterreveld met helder sterre en afgeleë sterrestelsels. Enkele objekte in hierdie sterreveld is meer bekend as die aanliggendes. In die linkerstrook van die beeld is 'n redelik prominente sterrestelsel sigbaar as 'n langwerpige kwasstrepie oor die donker naglug — Messier 31, oftewel die Andromedasterrestelsel. Na bo en regs hiervan is 'n helder ster, en langs dieselde lyn boontoe lê die ster β Andromedae — ook Mirach genoem. Die foto is verskaf deur ESO-fotoambassadeur Babak Tafreshi (Бабаком Тафреши).
Русский: На этом замечательном снимке – яркие звезды и галактики на ясном чилийском небе над одним из четырех восьмиметровых Базовых Телескопов (UT), составляющих Очень Большой Телескоп VLT. Это UT под номером четыре, по имени Йепун, что на языке индейцев-аборигенов означает Венеру.

Два объекта на этом фото больше известны, чем их соседи. В левой части снимка хорошо заметна галактика в виде яркой косой полоски: Мессье 31, или туманность Андромеды. Вверху справа от нее – яркая звезда, а дальше на продолжении той же прямой линии, идущей вверх и направо, видна еще одна галактика. Звезда – это бета Андромеды (Мирах), а вторая галактика – Мессье 33 (в верхней части снимка). Предполагается, что в далеком прошлом эти галактики взаимодействовали друг с другом и пространство между ними заполнял «мост» из газообразного водорода.

Снимок сделан «фото-посланником» ESO (ESO photo ambassador) Бабаком Тафреши (Babak Tafreshi).
English: This stunning image of the clear Chilean sky shows a speckling of bright stars and distant galaxies across the frame, all suspended above one of the four Unit Telescopes (UTs) of the Very Large Telescope (VLT). This is the fourth UT and it is known as Yepun (Venus).

Two objects seen in this frame are more famous than their neighbours. In the left hand portion of the image is a fairly prominent galaxy that forms a streak across the sky — Messier 31, or the Andromeda Galaxy. Upwards and to the right of this smudge is a bright star, which in turn points upwards to a galaxy that lies roughly along the same extended line. This star is named Beta Andromedae (top of frame in cropped version) — otherwise known as Mirach — and the second galaxy is Messier 33 (at the top of the frame in the uncropped version). These two galaxies are thought to have interacted in the past, forming a bridge of hydrogen gas that spans the gap between them.

This image was taken by ESO photo ambassador Babak Tafreshi.
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Source http://www.eso.org/public/images/potw1342a/
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