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Credit & Copyright: Mauricio Salazar
Explanation:
Can a lighthouse illuminate a galaxy?
No, but in the featured image, gaps in light emanating from the
Jose Ignacio Lighthouse in
Uruguay
appear to match up nicely, although only momentarily and coincidently, with
dark dust lanes of our
Milky Way Galaxy.
The bright dot on the right is the planet
Jupiter.
The central band of the
Milky Way Galaxy is actually the central
spiral disk seen from within the disk.
The Milky Way band is
not
easily visible
through city lights but can be quite spectacular to see in
dark skies.
The featured picture is actually the addition of ten consecutive images taken by
the same camera from the same location.
The images were well planned to exclude direct light from the
famous
lighthouse.
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Based on Astronomy Picture
Of the Day
Publications with keywords: Milky Way
Publications with words: Milky Way
See also:
- APOD: 2024 November 24 Á Journey to the Center of the Galaxy
- APOD: 2024 November 5 Á Milky Way over Easter Island
- APOD: 2024 August 4 Á Gaia: Here Comes the Sun
- APOD: 2024 July 29 Á Milky Way over Uluru
- APOD: 2024 May 29 Á Stairway to the Milky Way
- APOD: 2023 December 12 Á Aurora and Milky Way over Norway
- Milky Way Rising