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Credit & Copyright: Babak Tafreshi
(TWAN)
Explanation:
The central regions of our Milky Way Galaxy rise above
Uluru/Ayers Rock in
this striking
night
skyscape.
Recorded on July 13, a faint airglow along the horizon shows
off central Australia's most
recognizable
landform in silhouette.
Of course the Milky Way's own cosmic dust clouds appear in
silhouette too, dark rifts along the galaxy's faint
congeries of stars.
Above the central bulge,
rivers of cosmic dust converge on a
bright yellowish supergiant star Antares.
Left of Antares, wandering
Saturn shines in the night.
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Based on Astronomy Picture
Of the Day
Publications with keywords: Milky Way - Antares
Publications with words: Milky Way - Antares
See also:
- APOD: 2023 December 12 Á Aurora and Milky Way over Norway
- Milky Way Rising
- 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