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Астронет: Астрономическая картинка дня Млечный Путь над маяком в Уругвае http://www.astronet.ru/db/msg/1542090/eng |
Credit & Copyright: Mauricio Salazar
Explanation:
Can a lighthouse illuminate a galaxy?
No, but in the featured image, gaps in light emanating from the
Jose Ignacio Lighthouse in
Uruguay
appear to match up nicely, although only momentarily and coincidently, with
dark dust lanes of our
Milky Way Galaxy.
The bright dot on the right is the planet
Jupiter.
The central band of the
Milky Way Galaxy is actually the central
spiral disk seen from within the disk.
The Milky Way band is
not
easily visible
through city lights but can be quite spectacular to see in
dark skies.
The featured picture is actually the addition of ten consecutive images taken by
the same camera from the same location.
The images were well planned to exclude direct light from the
famous
lighthouse.
Authors & editors:
Robert Nemiroff
(MTU) &
Jerry Bonnell
(USRA)
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and Disclaimers
NASA Official: Jay Norris.
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rights apply.
A service of:
LHEA at
NASA /
GSFC
& Michigan Tech. U.