Astronomy Picture of the Day
Posted By admin On February 21, 2011 @ 9:40 pm In Photo Essays | Comments Disabled
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Milky Way Over Switzerland
Credit: Stephane Vetter [2] (Nuits sacrees [3])
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 Neuchâtel [4], Switzerland [5]. Visible in the foreground were the snow covered cliffs of the amphitheater shaped Creux du Van [6], as well as distant trees, and town-lit clouds. Visible in the night sky (at midnight) were galaxies including the long arch [7] of the central band of our Milky Way Galaxy [8], the Andromeda galaxy [9] (M31), and the Triangulum [10] galaxy (M33 [11]). Star clusters visible included NGC 752, M34 [12], M35 [13], M41 [14], the double cluster [15], and the Beehive (M44 [16]). Nebulas visible included the Orion Nebula (M42 [17]), NGC 7822 [18], IC 1396 [19], the Rosette Nebula [20], the Flaming Star Nebula [21], the California Nebula [22], the Heart [23] and Soul Nebulas [24], and the Pacman Nebula [25].
Visit the NASA/JPL website to view more Astronomy Pictures of the Day [26]
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[1] Image: http://www.berthoudrecorder.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/mwcliffs_vetter_2000.jpg
[2] Stephane Vetter: mailto: stephane dot vetter at wanadoo dot fr
[3] Nuits sacrees: http://www.nuitsacrees.fr/
[4] Neuchâtel: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neuchatel
[5] Switzerland: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Switzerland
[6] Creux du Van: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creux_du_Van
[7] long arch: http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap080713.html
[8] Milky Way Galaxy: http://bb.nightskylive.net/asterisk/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=18006
[9] Andromeda galaxy: http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap090510.html
[10] Triangulum: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5QPRez-hyU
[11] M33: http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap101203.html
[12] M34: http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap100211.html
[13] M35: http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap031215.html
[14] M41: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messier_41
[15] double cluster: http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap091204.html
[16] M44: http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap040617.html
[17] M42: http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap090222.html
[18] NGC 7822: http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap101022.html
[19] IC 1396: http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap090819.html
[20] Rosette Nebula: http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap070214.html
[21] Flaming Star Nebula: http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap090126.html
[22] California Nebula: http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap060924.html
[23] Heart: http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap090214.html
[24] Soul Nebulas: http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap080914.html
[25] Pacman Nebula: http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap050823.html
[26] Astronomy Pictures of the Day: http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/
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