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APOD
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 and Zodiacal Light over Chile
Explanation: What is the band of light connecting the ground to the Milky Way? Zodiacal light -- a stream of dust that orbits the Sun in the inner Solar System . It is most easily seen just before sunrise, where it has been called a false dawn , or just after sunset. The origin of zodiacal dust remains a topic of research , but is hypothesized to result from asteroid collisions and comet tails . The featured wide-angle image shows the central band of our Milky Way Galaxy arching across the top, while the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), a satellite galaxy to our Milky Way , is visible on the far left. The image is a combination of over 30 exposures taken last July near La Serena among the mountains of Chile . During the next two months, zodiacal light can appear quite prominent in northern skies just after sunset.
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| Date | March 9, 2020 |
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| Credit | Image Credit & Copyright: Roman Ponča (ht: Masaryk U. ) |
| Authors & editors: | Robert Nemiroff (MTU) & Jerry Bonnell (UMCP) |
| A service of: |
ASD at NASA / GSFC, NASA Science Activation & Michigan Tech. U. |