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 July 2
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                 The Galaxy, the Planet, and the Apple Tree
               Image Credit & [3]Copyright: [4]Kristine Richer

   Explanation: [5]The Old Astronomer's Milky Way arcs through this
   peaceful northern sky. Against faint, diffuse starlight you can follow
   dark rifts of interstellar dust clouds stretching from the galaxy's
   core. They lead toward [6]bright star Antares at the right, almost due
   south above the horizon. The brightest beacon in [7]the twilight is
   [8]Jupiter, though. From the camera's perspective it seems to hang from
   the limb of a tree framing the foreground, an apple tree of course. The
   serene [9]maritime nightscape was recorded in tracked and untracked
   exposures on June 16 from Dover, Nova Scotia, planet Earth.

                     Tomorrow's picture: pixels in space
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References

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   3. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/about_apod.html#srapply
   4. http://www.kristinerosephotography.com/nightscapes/
   5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Williams
   6. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap200516.html
   7. https://archive.org/details/cu31924091181317/page/n10/mode/1up
   8. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WP5rhrs1bnc
   9. https://www.facebook.com/kristinerosephotography/photos/a.830762170295868/3195786030460125/?type=3&theater
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  15. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/calendar/allyears.html
  16. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod.rss
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  18. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/about_apod.html
  19. http://asterisk.apod.com/discuss_apod.php?date=200702
  20. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap200703.html
  21. http://www.phy.mtu.edu/faculty/Nemiroff.html
  22. http://www.phy.mtu.edu/
  23. https://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/htmltest/jbonnell/www/bonnell.html
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