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Image caption: 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 taken with a smartphone 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.
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Image credit: Jianfeng Dai/IAU OAE (CC BY 4.0)
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10359742
Tags: astrophotography
Related glossary terms: Alpha Centauri , Astronomy , Milky Way , Observation , Sky
Categories: Naked Eye Astronomy

Image license: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) icons

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Italian
Image caption: Menzione d'onore al concorso di astrofotografia IAU OAE 2023, categoria Immagini fisse con smartphone-dispositivi mobili: Via Lattea sopra l'Osservatorio H.E.S.S., di Jianfeng Dai.
L'oscurità del cielo sopra l'Osservatorio H.E.S.S. rivela l'apparentemente innumerevole quantità di stelle che compongono la Via Lattea, rendendo difficile distinguere le costellazioni viste dalla Namibia nel giugno 2023. Le stelle Alfa e Beta Centauri sono visibili in basso a sinistra dell'immagine, proprio vicino alla torre. La stella arancione visibile appena sopra e a destra del telescopio H.E.S.S. di sinistra è Antares, una stella gigante rossa che fa parte della costellazione dello Scorpione. Questa immagine riceve una menzione d'onore nella categoria Immagini fisse scattate esclusivamente con smartphone/dispositivi mobili.
Image credit: Jianfeng Dai/IAU OAE (CC BY 4.0)
Related glossary terms: Alfa Centauri , Astronomia , Cielo , Osservazione , Via Lattea
Caption translation status: Not yet approved by a reviewer
Caption translators: Valentina La Parola

Simplified Chinese
Image caption: 2023 年 6 月,在纳米比亚,H.E.S.S 天文台的天空一片漆黑,组成银河系的恒星似乎数不胜数,让人难以在这张用智能手机拍摄的照片上分辨星座。在照片左下方的塔附近,可见半人马座阿尔法星和贝塔星。在照片左侧的 H.E.S.S 望远镜右上方,可见一颗橙色恒星——心宿二,位于天蝎座心脏的一颗红巨星。
Image credit: Jianfeng Dai/IAU OAE (CC BY 4.0)
Related glossary terms: Milky Way , Observation , 半人马座 α , 天文学 , 天空
Caption translation status: Approved by a reviewer
Caption translators: Bao Lizhuo
Caption reviewers: Wang Yilin

Traditional Chinese
Image caption: 2023 年 6 月,在納米比亞,H.E.S.S 天文臺的天空一片漆黑,組成銀河系的恆星似乎數不勝數,讓人難以在這張用智能手機拍攝的照片上分辨星座。在照片左下方的塔附近,可見半人馬座阿爾法星和貝塔星。在照片左側的 H.E.S.S 望遠鏡右上方,可見一顆橙色恆星——心宿二,位於天蠍座心臟的一顆紅巨星。
Image credit: Jianfeng Dai/IAU OAE (CC BY 4.0)
Related glossary terms: Milky Way , Observation , 半人馬座 α , 天文學 , 天空
Caption translation status: Approved by a reviewer
Caption translators: An automated transliteration from the simplified Chinese translation by - Bao Lizhuo