Milky Way Over H.E.S.S Observatory

Honorable mention in the 2023 IAU OAE Astrophotography Contest, category Still images with smartphones-mobile devices: Milky Way Over H.E.S.S Observatory, by Jianfeng Dai.

The darkness of the skies at H.E.S.S Observatory reveal the seemingly innumerable stars that make up the Milky Way galaxy, making it challenging to discern the constellations as seen from Namibia in June 2023. The stars Alpha and Beta Centauri are visible bottom left of the image just about the tower. The orange-hued star visible just above and to the right of the left H.E.S.S telescope is Antares, a red-giant star that is part of the constellation Scorpius. This image receives an honourable mention in the category of Still images taken exclusively with smartphones/mobile devices.

Credit: Jianfeng Dai/IAU OAE (CC BY 4.0)