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Credit & Copyright: John P. Gleason, Celestial Images
Explanation:
Most bright stars in our
Milky Way Galaxy reside in a disk.
Since our Sun also resides in this disk, these stars
appear to us as a
diffuse band that circles the sky.
The above panorama of a
southern band of the
Milky Way's disk was taken from
Australia.
A 40-minute exposure was used, and the colors were digitally enhanced.
Visible are many
bright stars,
dark dust lanes,
red emission nebulae,
blue reflection nebulae, and
clusters of stars.
In addition to all this matter that we can see,
astronomers suspect there exists even more
dark matter that we cannot see.
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Based on Astronomy Picture
Of the Day
Publications with keywords: Milky Way
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See also:
- APOD: 2023 July 18 Á Milky Way above La Palma Observatory
- APOD: 2023 July 16 Á Meteor and Milky Way over the Alps
- APOD: 2023 July 2 Á Milky Way and Aurora over Antarctica
- APOD: 2023 June 20 Á The Nandu in the Milky Way
- APOD: 2023 May 29 Á Milky Way over a Turquoise Wonderland
- APOD: 2023 May 10 Á Milky Way over Egyptian Desert
- Milky Way and Zodiacal Light over Australian Pinnacles