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.

                              2022 September 28
   [2]The featured image shows a snow-covered mountain with the Milky Way
    Galaxy seen in the background on the left and the color starfield of
   the constellation Ophiochus seen in the background on the right. Please
             see the explanation for more detailed information.

                       A Furious Sky over Mount Shasta
                  Image Credit & Copyright: [3]Ralf Rohner

   Explanation: Is the sky angry with Mount Shasta? According to some
   ancient [4]legends, the spirits of above and below worlds fight there,
   sometimes quite actively during eruptions of [5]this enormous volcano
   in [6]California, [7]USA. Such drama can well be imagined in [8]this
   deep sky image taken in late June. Evident above the snow-covered peak
   is the [9]central band of our [10]Milky Way Galaxy, on the left, and a
   picturesque sky toward the modern constellations of [11]Scorpius and
   [12]Ophiuchus, above and to the right. The bright orange star
   [13]Antares and the [14]colorful rho Ophiuchi cloud complex are visible
   just to the right of Mount Shasta, while the red emission nebula
   surrounding the star [15]zeta Ophiuchi appears on the top right. The
   static [16]earth image in the [17]featured composite was taken during
   the [18]blue hour, while a two-panel panorama tracking the background
   sky was taken later that night with the same camera and from the same
   location. Within a few million years, [19]Antares, some stars in the
   [20]rho Ophiuchi system, and [21]zeta Ophiuchi will all [22]likely
   explode as [23]supernovas.

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   2. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/2209/ShastaSky_Rohner_1640.jpg
   3. https://www.instagram.com/skypointer2000/
   4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legends_of_Mount_Shasta
   5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Shasta
   6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California
   7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States
   8. https://www.instagram.com/p/CiIUKshgSv4/
   9. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap070930.html
  10. https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/resources/285/the-milky-way-galaxy/
  11. https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/constellations/scorpius.html
  12. https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/constellations/ophiuchus.html
  13. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antares
  14. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap201014.html
  15. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeta_Ophiuchi
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  17. https://www.instagram.com/p/CiDjjPTMZVZ/
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  19. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap970624.html
  20. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rho_Ophiuchi
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