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Астронет: Астрономическая картинка дня Вояджер в Млечном Пути http://variable-stars.ru/db/msg/1388725/eng |
Credit & Copyright: NASA, JPL-Caltech, Voyager
Explanation:
Launched in 1977
on a tour of the outer planets of the Solar System,
Voyager 1 and 2 have become the longest operating and most distant
spacecraft
from Earth.
Nearly 16 light-hours from the Sun, Voyager 2 has reached the edge of
the heliosphere, the realm defined by the influence of the solar wind
and the Sun's magnetic field.
Now humanity's first
ambassador to the Milky Way, Voyager 1 is
over 19 light-hours away, beyond the heliosphere in
interstellar space.
Celebrate the Voyagers' 40 year journey toward the stars with
NASA on September 5.
Poster:
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Authors & editors:
Robert Nemiroff
(MTU) &
Jerry Bonnell
(USRA)
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LHEA at
NASA /
GSFC
& Michigan Tech. U.