by APOD Robot » Sat Mar 12, 2022 5:05 am
Point Reyes Milky Way
Explanation: Northern winter constellations and a long arc of the Milky Way are setting in this night skyscape looking toward the Pacific Ocean from
Point Reyes on
planet Earth's California coast. Sirius, alpha star of Canis Major, is prominent below the starry arc toward the left.
Orion's yellowish Betelgeuse, Aldebaran in Taurus, and the blue tinted
Pleiades star cluster also find themselves between Milky Way and northwestern horizon near the center of the scene. The nebulae visible in the series of exposures used to construct this panoramic view were captured in early March, but are just too faint to be seen with the unaided eye. On that northern night their
expansive glow includes the reddish semi-circle of Barnard's Loop
in Orion and NGC 1499 above and right of the Pleiades, also known as the
California Nebula.
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