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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer.
Milky Way Over Switzerland
Explanation: What's visible in the night sky during this time of year? To help illustrate the answer, a beautiful land, cloud, and skyscape was captured earlier this month over Neuchtel , Switzerland . Visible in the foreground were the snow covered cliffs of the amphitheater shaped Creux du Van , as well as distant trees, and town-lit clouds. Visible in the night sky (at midnight) were galaxies including the long arch of the central band of our Milky Way Galaxy , the Andromeda galaxy (M31), and the Triangulum galaxy ( M33 ). Star clusters visible included NGC 752, M34 , M35 , M41 , the double cluster , and the Beehive ( M44 ). Nebulas visible included the Orion Nebula ( M42 ), NGC 7822 , IC 1396 , the Rosette Nebula , the Flaming Star Nebula , the California Nebula , the Heart and Soul Nebulas , and the Pacman Nebula . Rolling your cursor over the above image will bring up labels for all of these . But the above wide angle sky image captured even more sky wonders. What other nebulas can you find in the above image?
| Date | February 21, 2011 |
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| Credit | Credit: Stephane Vetter ( Nuits sacrees ) |
| Authors & editors: | Robert Nemiroff (MTU) & Jerry Bonnell (UMCP) |
| A service of: |
ASD at NASA / GSFC, NASA Science Activation & Michigan Tech. U. |