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Credit & Copyright: NASA,
ISS Expedition 72,
Don Petit
Explanation:
The plane of our Milky Way
galaxy extends beyond
the limb of planet Earth in this
space
age exposure
captured by astronaut Don Pettit.
His
camera,
with low light and
long duration settings, was pointed
out
the window
of a Dragon crew spacecraft docked with the International Space Station
on January 29.
The orbital outpost was at an altitude of about 400 kilometers above
the Pacific Ocean at the time.
Motion blurs the Earth below, while
the gorgeous view from low Earth orbit
includes the Milky Way's prominent satellite
galaxies, known as the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds,
near the upper left in the frame.
Fans of southern skies
can also spot the Southern Cross.
The four brightest stars
of the famous southern constellation Crux
are near picture center, just beyond the edge of the bright horizon and
shining through Earth's orange tinted atmospheric glow.
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Based on Astronomy Picture
Of the Day
Publications with keywords: Milky Way - ISS
Publications with words: Milky Way - ISS
See also:
- APOD: 2025 July 2 Á Milky Way Through Otago Spires
- APOD: 2025 May 21 Á International Space Station Crosses the Sun
- APOD: 2025 May 20 Á Milky Way over Maunakea
- APOD: 2025 May 13 Á Gaia Reconstructs a Top View of our Galaxy
- APOD: 2025 May 12 Á Gaia Reconstructs a Side View of our Galaxy
- The ISS Meets Venus
- APOD: 2025 February 9 Á Milky Way over the Australian Pinnacles