¿ Astronomy Picture of the Day [1]Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. 2020 June 9 [2]See Explanation. Moving the cursor over the image will bring up an annotated version. Clicking on the image will bring up the highest resolution version available. Orion over Argentine Mountains Image Credit & Copyright: [3]Nicolas Tabbush Explanation: Do you recognize the constellation of Orion? It may be harder than usual in today's [4]featured image because the camera has zoomed in on the center, and the exposure is long enough to enhance [5]nebulas beyond what the unaided [6]human eye can see. Still, once you become oriented, you can see [7]Orion's three belt stars lined up vertically near the image center, and even locate the [8]familiar Orion Nebula on the upper left. Famous faint features that are also visible include the dark [9]Horsehead Nebula indentation near the image center, and the dusty [10]Flame Nebula just to its right. Part of the [11]Orion-encircling [12]Barnard's Loop can also be found on the far right. The image combines multiple [13]sky-tracking shots of the background in different colors with a single static foreground exposure taken at twilight -- all [14]captured with the same camera and from the same location. The picturesque scene was captured early last year from mountains in [15]San Juan, [16]Argentina. Tomorrow's picture: milky way's magnetism __________________________________________________________________ [17]< | [18]Archive | [19]Submissions | [20]Index | [21]Search | [22]Calendar | [23]RSS | [24]Education | [25]About APOD | [26]Discuss | [27]> __________________________________________________________________ Authors & editors: [28]Robert Nemiroff ([29]MTU) & [30]Jerry Bonnell ([31]UMCP) NASA Official: Phillip Newman [32]Specific rights apply. [33]NASA Web Privacy Policy and Important Notices A service of: [34]ASD at [35]NASA / [36]GSFC & [37]Michigan Tech. U. References 1. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html 2. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/2006/OrionMountains_Tabbush_2048.jpg 3. https://www.instagram.com/nick.astrophotography/ 4. https://www.instagram.com/p/CAycTM3JCbL/ 5. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap200329.html 6. https://ophysics.com/l16.html 7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orion%27s_Belt 8. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap190930.html 9. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap200412.html 10. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap141209.html 11. https://www.nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/5-8/features/nasa-knows/what-is-orion-58.html 12. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap190821.html 13. https://photographingspace.com/deep-sky-astrophotography-without-telescope/ 14. https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2AFGFHT/scottish-fold-cat-lying-on-lap-happily-cute-cat-sleeping-on-the-lap-of-the-girl-and-happy-cat-on-her-lap-and-in-the-embrace-of-women-2AFGFHT.jpg 15. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Juan_Province,_Argentina 16. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argentina 17. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap200608.html 18. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html 19. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/apsubmit2015.html 20. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/aptree.html 21. https://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/apod/apod_search 22. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/calendar/allyears.html 23. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod.rss 24. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/edlinks.html 25. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/about_apod.html 26. http://asterisk.apod.com/discuss_apod.php?date=200609 27. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap200610.html 28. http://www.phy.mtu.edu/faculty/Nemiroff.html 29. http://www.phy.mtu.edu/ 30. https://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/htmltest/jbonnell/www/bonnell.html 31. http://www.astro.umd.edu/ 32. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/about_apod.html#srapply 33. https://www.nasa.gov/about/highlights/HP_Privacy.html 34. https://astrophysics.gsfc.nasa.gov/ 35. https://www.nasa.gov/ 36. https://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/ 37. http://www.mtu.edu/