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Астронет: Астрономическая картинка дня Однажды в канун солнцестояния http://variable-stars.ru/db/msg/1373651/eng |
Credit & Copyright: Petr Horálek
Explanation:
Once upon a
solstice eve a little prince gazed across a
frozen little planet at the edge of a large galaxy.
The little planet was planet Earth
of course, seen in this
horizon to horizon, nadir to zenith projection, a digitally stitched
mosaic from the shores of the Sec reservoir in the Czech Republic.
So the large galaxy must be the Milky Way, and
the brightest beacon on the planet's horizon Venus,
visible around the globe as this season's brilliant evening star.
Celestial treasures in surrounding dark skies include the
Pleiades star cluster, and the
North America nebula found along a dusty
galactic rift.
Embracing Venus, Zodiacal light
traces a faint band across the night,
but the more colorful pillars of light
shine above streets a little closer to home.
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.