Astronomy Picture of the Day

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                                2022 March 12
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                            Point Reyes Milky Way
                  Image Credit & [3]Copyright: [4]Dan Zafra

   Explanation: [5]Northern winter constellations and a long arc of the
   Milky Way are setting in this night skyscape looking toward the Pacific
   Ocean from [6]Point Reyes on [7]planet Earth's California coast.
   Sirius, alpha star of Canis Major, is prominent below the starry arc
   toward the left. [8]Orion's yellowish Betelgeuse, Aldebaran in Taurus,
   and the blue tinted [9]Pleiades star cluster also find themselves
   between Milky Way and northwestern horizon near the center of the
   scene. The nebulae visible in the series of exposures used to construct
   this panoramic view were captured in early March, but are just too
   faint to be seen with the unaided eye. On that northern night their
   [10]expansive glow includes the reddish semi-circle of Barnard's Loop
   [11]in Orion and NGC 1499 above and right of the Pleiades, also known
   as the [12]California Nebula.

                    Tomorrow's picture: colorful airglow
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