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Credit & Copyright: Babak Tafreshi
(TWAN)
Explanation:
The central regions of our Milky Way Galaxy rise above
Uluru/Ayers Rock in
this striking
night
skyscape.
Recorded on July 13, a faint airglow along the horizon shows
off central Australia's most
recognizable
landform in silhouette.
Of course the Milky Way's own cosmic dust clouds appear in
silhouette too, dark rifts along the galaxy's faint
congeries of stars.
Above the central bulge,
rivers of cosmic dust converge on a
bright yellowish supergiant star Antares.
Left of Antares, wandering
Saturn shines in the night.
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Based on Astronomy Picture
Of the Day
Publications with keywords: Milky Way - Antares
Publications with words: Milky Way - Antares
See also:
- APOD: 2025 February 9 Á Milky Way over the Australian Pinnacles
- 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 June 11 Á Colorful Stars and Clouds near Rho Ophiuchi
- APOD: 2024 May 29 Á Stairway to the Milky Way