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Астронет: Астрономическая картинка дня Станция спутниковой связи и южные небеса http://variable-stars.ru/db/msg/1313547/eng |
Credit & Copyright: James Garlick
Explanation:
This clear night skyscape captures the colorful glow of
aurora australis,
the southern lights, just outside the port city of Hobart,
Tasmania, Australia, planet Earth.
As if staring into the dreamlike scene, the Tasmanian Earth Resources
Satellite Station
poses in the center, illuminated by nearby city lights.
Used to receive data from spacebased
Earth observing
instruments, including NASA's
MODIS and
SeaWiFS, the station was decommissioned in 2011
and dismantled only recently, shortly after the
picture was taken on April 30.
Still shining in southern skies though, the central bulge of our
Milky Way galaxy and two bright
satellite
galaxies
the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds appear in the frame.
The Small Magellanic Cloud shines through the
fainter red auroral band.
Authors & editors:
Robert Nemiroff
(MTU) &
Jerry Bonnell
(USRA)
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NASA Official: Jay Norris.
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rights apply.
A service of:
LHEA at
NASA /
GSFC
& Michigan Tech. U.