Astronomy Picture of the Day

   [1]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.

                               2021 January 22
    [2]See Explanation. Clicking on the picture will download the highest
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                               The Milky Ring
                  Image Credit & [3]Copyright: [4]Alvin Wu

   Explanation: An expanse of cosmic dust, stars and nebulae along the
   plane of our Milky Way galaxy form a beautiful ring in [5]this
   projected all-sky view. The creative panorama covers the entire
   [6]galaxy visible from planet Earth, an ambitious 360 degree mosaic
   that took two years to complete. Northern hemisphere sites in western
   China and southern hemisphere sites in New Zealand were used [7]to
   collect the image data. Like a glowing jewel set in the milky ring, the
   bulge of the [8]galactic center, is at the very top. Bright planet
   Jupiter is the beacon just above the central bulge and left of red
   giant star [9]Antares. Along the plane and almost 180 degrees from the
   galactic center, at the bottom of the ring is the area [10]around
   Orion, denizen of the northern hemisphere's evening winter skies. In
   this projection the ring of the Milky Way encompasses two notable
   galaxies in southern skies, the large and small [11]Magellanic clouds.

                      Tomorrow's picture: light-weekend
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   4. https://www.instagram.com/alvinwufoto/
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   7. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap110730.html
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