¿ 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 29 [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. Dark Sky Reflections Image Credit & Copyright: [3]Will Godward Explanation: When the lake calmed down, many wonders of the land and sky appeared twice. Perhaps the most dramatic from the [4]dark sky was the central band of our [5]Milky Way Galaxy, visible as a diagonal band. Toward the right were both the [6]Small (SMC) and [7]Large (LMC) [8]Magellanic Clouds, [9]satellite galaxies of our Milky Way. Faint multicolored bands of [10]airglow fanned across the night. Numerous bright stars were visible including [11]Antares, while the bright planet [12]Jupiter appears just above the image center. The [13]featured image is a composite of exposures all taken from the same camera and from the same location within 30 minutes in mid-May from the shore of [14]Lake Bonney Riverland [15]in [16]South [17]Australia. [18]Dead trees that extend from the lake were captured not only in [19]silhouette, but reflection, while lights from the [20]small town of Barmera were visible across the lake. In July, [21]Jupiter and Saturn will rise toward the east just as the Sun sets in the west. Tomorrow's picture: pillow star __________________________________________________________________ [22]< | [23]Archive | [24]Submissions | [25]Index | [26]Search | [27]Calendar | [28]RSS | [29]Education | [30]About APOD | [31]Discuss | [32]> __________________________________________________________________ Authors & editors: [33]Robert Nemiroff ([34]MTU) & [35]Jerry Bonnell ([36]UMCP) NASA Official: Phillip Newman [37]Specific rights apply. [38]NASA Web Privacy Policy and Important Notices A service of: [39]ASD at [40]NASA / [41]GSFC & [42]Michigan Tech. U. References 1. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html 2. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/2006/SkyReflections_Godward_2000.jpg 3. https://www.instagram.com/godwardphotography/ 4. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap200408.html 5. https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/resources/285/the-milky-way-galaxy/ 6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Small_Magellanic_Cloud 7. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap180516.html 8. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap130815.html 9. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satellite_galaxies_of_the_Milky_Way 10. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap190203.html 11. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap120417.html 12. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap190908.html 13. https://www.instagram.com/p/CBZMGE2pv6i/ 14. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Bonney_Riverland 15. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qssNpOL1twg 16. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Australia 17. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia 18. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap180418.html 19. https://i.pinimg.com/originals/09/5b/69/095b69a410a4a8ddc2ccb6e4660c2727.jpg 20. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barmera 21. https://earthsky.org/?p=3306 22. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap200628.html 23. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html 24. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/apsubmit2015.html 25. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/aptree.html 26. https://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/apod/apod_search 27. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/calendar/allyears.html 28. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod.rss 29. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/edlinks.html 30. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/about_apod.html 31. http://asterisk.apod.com/discuss_apod.php?date=200629 32. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap200630.html 33. http://www.phy.mtu.edu/faculty/Nemiroff.html 34. http://www.phy.mtu.edu/ 35. https://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/htmltest/jbonnell/www/bonnell.html 36. http://www.astro.umd.edu/ 37. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/about_apod.html#srapply 38. https://www.nasa.gov/about/highlights/HP_Privacy.html 39. https://astrophysics.gsfc.nasa.gov/ 40. https://www.nasa.gov/ 41. https://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/ 42. http://www.mtu.edu/