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                                2020 March 9
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                   Milky Way and Zodiacal Light over Chile
        Image Credit & Copyright: [3]Roman Ponča (ht: [4]Masaryk U.)

   Explanation: What is the band of light connecting the ground to the
   Milky Way? [5]Zodiacal light -- a stream of dust that orbits the [6]Sun
   in the inner [7]Solar System. It is most easily seen just before
   sunrise, where it has been called a [8]false dawn, or just after
   sunset. The origin of zodiacal dust remains a [9]topic of research, but
   is hypothesized to result from [10]asteroid collisions and [11]comet
   [12]tails. The featured wide-angle image shows the central band of our
   [13]Milky Way Galaxy arching across the top, while the [14]Large
   Magellanic Cloud (LMC), a [15]satellite galaxy to our Milky Way, is
   visible on the far left. The image is a combination of [16]over 30
   exposures taken last July near [17]La Serena among the mountains of
   [18]Chile. During the next two months, [19]zodiacal light can appear
   quite prominent in northern skies just after sunset.

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   3. mailto: ponca . roman at gmail.com
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   5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zodiacal_light
   6. https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/solar-system/sun/overview/
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  16. https://external-preview.redd.it/livb5VRT7pdr0Snw1_gBsUwdvIdUZC9qgye-CIn8xy0.jpg?width=640&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=11e2b2e2db6388775e74b427c42ec8c11646b686
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