Astronomy Picture of the Day

   [1]Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our
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                              2022 September 9
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                            Interstellar Voyager
          Poster Illustration Credit: [3]NASA, JPL-Caltech, Voyager

   Explanation: Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 were launched in 1977 on a
   [4]grand tour of the outer planets of the Solar System. They have
   become the longest operating and most distant [5]spacecraft from Earth.
   Both have traveled [6]beyond the heliosphere, the realm defined by the
   influence of the solar wind and the Sun's magnetic field. [7]On the
   45th year of their journey toward the stars Voyager 1 and 2 reached
   nearly 22 light-hours and 18 light-hours from the Sun respectively and
   remain the only spacecraft currently exploring interstellar space. Each
   spacecraft carries a 12-inch gold-plated copper disk with recordings of
   sounds, pictures and messages. [8]The Golden Records are intended to
   communicate a story of life and culture on planet Earth, preserved in a
   medium that can survive an interstellar journey for [9]a billion years.

                      Tomorrow's picture: light-weekend
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    Authors & editors: [21]Robert Nemiroff ([22]MTU) & [23]Jerry Bonnell
                                 ([24]UMCP)
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                           & [31]Michigan Tech. U.

References

   1. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html
   2. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/2209/voyager_modern_poster.jpg
   3. https://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/
   4. https://eyes.nasa.gov/apps/solar-system/#/story/voyager_grand_tour
   5. https://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/status/
   6. https://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/interstellar-mission/
   7. https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/voyager-nasas-longest-lived-mission-logs-45-years-in-space
   8. https://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/golden-record/
   9. https://www.space.com/predicting-voyager-golden-records-distant-future
  10. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap220908.html
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  12. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/apsubmit2015.html
  13. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/aptree.html
  14. https://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/apod/apod_search
  15. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/calendar/allyears.html
  16. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod.rss
  17. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/edlinks.html
  18. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/about_apod.html
  19. http://asterisk.apod.com/discuss_apod.php?date=220909
  20. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap220910.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
  24. http://www.astro.umd.edu/
  25. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/about_apod.html#srapply
  26. https://www.nasa.gov/about/highlights/HP_Privacy.html
  27. https://astrophysics.gsfc.nasa.gov/
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  29. https://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/
  30. https://science.nasa.gov/learners
  31. http://www.mtu.edu/