Rising on the left and, under the Milky Way’s arch, is a band of zodiacal light — sunlight reflected by dust orbiting in the inner solar system. On the right, just above one of Earth’s larger sand dunes, an astute eye can find the Large Magellanic Cloud, a satellite galaxy of ...
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Monday, December 2, 2024: Between these two blocky buildings, the arm of our Milky Way stretches into the night sky. This photo was taken from European Southern Observatory's (ESO's) Very Large Telescope (VLT), high in the Chilean mountains. Pictured, the VLT's fourth Unit Telescope, sta...
Friday, July 12, 2024: SpaceX's Crew Dragon Endeavour is seen docked to the forward port of the International Space Station's Harmony module. In the background, the arm of the Milky Way reaches from below, filling the black abyss with stars. Endeavour carried NASA astronauts Matthew Dominick...
By September, Sagittarius begins to set by sunset. The easiest way to locate Sagittarius would be to first locate the Milky Way and then going southward. Because this constellation sits rather low in the sky from the perspective of the northern hemisphere, you may not have a great view of ...
The next time you are out taking pictures of the night sky or the Milky Way, be sure to take a series of 30-second images rather than just one or two. Aim to capture about 10-20 pictures to realize the benefits of image stacking. ...
They also found the Milky Way probably was a flat disk with a bulge in the middle, both of which grew simultaneously into the majestic spiral seen today. The Sun and Earth reside in the disk and the bulge is both full of older stars and home to a supermassive black hole that probably ...
Then he begins planning for nightfall, using a phone app to figure the best time to backdrop these amazing rocks with the Milky Way. Dros the perfectionist waits for the sun to move into place. Barry Neild/CNN The night shoot means snatching a couple of hours sleep before returning, ...
The winter night sky to the south from the Southern Hemisphere follows the plane of the Milky Way to the southwest. Along the southern horizon are smaller constellations such as Horologium, Dorado, Pictor, and Hydrus. The long stanchion of Crux points down to the southern pole (although it ha...