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Credit & Copyright: Rafael Defavari
Explanation:
Our Milky Way
Galaxy arcs over a
desolate landscape
in this fantastic
panoramic
night skyview.
The otherworldly scene looks across the arid, eroded terrain of the
Valle de la Luna
in the Chilean Atacama desert.
Just along the horizon are lights from San Pedro, Chile,
as well as the small villages of Socaire and Toconao, and
a torturous winding road from the city of Calama to San Pedro.
Taken on October 18th, the five panel mosaic
also features the four galaxies easily visible from our
fair planet's dark sky regions.
At the far left, satellite galaxies known as the
Large and Small Magellanic Clouds
are framed by their terrestrial namesakes.
Much fainter and at the right, beyond the Milky Way's central bulge,
is the Andromeda Galaxy.
The most distant in view,
Andromeda lies some 2.5 million light-years away.
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Based on Astronomy Picture
Of the Day
Publications with keywords: Milky Way - magellanic clouds - Andromeda galaxy
Publications with words: Milky Way - magellanic clouds - Andromeda galaxy
See also:
- NGC 206 and the Star Clouds of Andromeda
- APOD: 2024 November 24 Á Journey to the Center of the Galaxy
- APOD: 2024 November 5 Á Milky Way over Easter Island
- APOD: 2024 September 8 Á M31: The Andromeda Galaxy
- 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