File:Mercury, Venus and the Moon Align.jpg
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| Description | English: A conjunction of Mercury and Venus, aligned above the Moon, as seen from the Paranal Observatory. Français : Conjonction de Mercure et Vénus, alignés au dessus de la Lune, vue depuis l'observatoire du Cerro Paranal. Bahasa Indonesia: Konjungsi Merkurius dan Venus, lurus tepat di atas Bulan, dekat Observatorium Paranal. Deutsch: Konjunktion von Merkur und Venus, und der Mond darunter, aufgenommen am Paranal-Observatorium. |
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| Author | ESO/Y. Beletsky |
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 | This image was selected as picture of the day on Wikimedia Commons for 24 September 2010. It was captioned as follows: English: Conjunction of Mercury and Venus, align above the Moon, at the Paranal Observatory. Other languages: Deutsch: Konjunktion von Merkur und Venus, und der Mond darunter, aufgenommen am Paranal-Observatorium. English: Conjunction of Mercury and Venus, align above the Moon, at the Paranal Observatory. Español: Conjunción de Mercurio y Venus, por encima de la Luna, en el Observatorio Paranal. Nederlands: Conjunctie van Mercurius en Venus boven de Maan gezien vanaf het Paranal-observatorium in de Atacama in Noord-Chili. Português: Conjunção entre Mercúrio e Vênus acima da Lua, observados ao lado do Very Large Telescope. Ελληνικά: Σύνοδος του Ερμή και της Αφροδίτης, ευθυγραμμισμένα πάνω από το Φεγγάρι, στο Αστεροσκοπείο Paranal. Македонски: Спојувањето (конјункцијата) на Меркур и Венера над Месечината, гледно од Параналската опсерваторија Українська: Збіг Меркурія, Венери і Місяця на одній лінії. Обсерваторія Паранал, Чилі, 6 березня 2008 р. മലയാളം : ബുധനും ശുക്രനും, ചന്ദ്രനു മുകളിലായി ഒരുമിക്കുന്നു. പാരനൽ നിരീക്ഷണകേന്ദ്രത്തിൽ നിന്നും. |
| This image was selected as picture of the day on Vietnamese Wikipedia. |
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| current | 18:46, 25 June 2010 | | 1,691 × 2,500 (390 KB) | wikimediacommons>Cody escouade delta | {{Information |Description={{en|1=One morning, in March 2008, a rare and beautiful sight greeted Yuri Beletsky, astronomer at ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) observatory at Paranal in northern Chile. In the sky above the observing deck, the planets Mer |
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