Астронет: Астрономическая картинка дня Орион над горами в Аргентине http://variable-stars.ru/db/msg/1665624/eng |
Credit & Copyright: Nicolas Tabbush
Explanation:
Do you recognize the constellation of Orion?
It may be harder than usual in today's
featured image
because the camera has zoomed in on the center,
and the exposure is long enough to enhance
nebulas beyond what the unaided
human eye can see.
Still, once you become oriented, you can see
Orion's three belt stars
lined up vertically near the image center, and even locate the
familiar Orion Nebula on the upper left.
Famous faint features that are also visible include the dark
Horsehead Nebula indentation near the image center,
and the dusty
Flame Nebula just to its right.
Part of the
Orion-encircling
Barnard's Loop can also be found on the far right.
The image combines multiple
sky-tracking shots of the background in different colors
with a single static foreground exposure taken at twilight -- all
captured
with the same camera and from the same location.
The picturesque scene was captured early last year from mountains in
San Juan,
Argentina.
Authors & editors:
Robert Nemiroff
(MTU) &
Jerry Bonnell
(USRA)
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and Disclaimers
NASA Official: Jay Norris.
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rights apply.
A service of:
LHEA at
NASA /
GSFC
& Michigan Tech. U.