The "magic telescopes" are located at the La Palma observatory site. "MAGICs" instruments are able to observe cosmic gamma rays indirectly. They close the gap between the large Earth-based gamma-ray telescopes and the satellites that are used to detect gamma rays. Gamma rays are usually emitted by rotating black holes and neutron stars. Observation of dark matter particles is also within the realm of possibility here. On this image you can see 3 of these telescopes as they all point to the center of the Milky Way. Possibly this night 1 object was observed with all 3 telescopes.
Author of the photographs
Jakob Sahner
Jakob Sahner is a 21 year old German astrophotographer who came into contact with the fascination of space early in his childhood. Very early he began to make projects with image and video editing programs and after graduating from high school he completed an apprenticeship as a photo and media technical assistant. The subject has grabbed him like an addiction although he had no knowledge about this hobby. He just wanted to do it and try it out! In the now more than 4 years he has become a worldwide known astrophotographer and has developed his skills from normal landscape astrophotography to deepsky photography.
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