Astronomy Picture of the Day

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                                 2024 July 5
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                            Mount Etna Milky Way
                Image Credit & [3]Copyright: [4]Gianni Tumino

   Explanation: A glow from the summit of [5]Mount Etna, famous active
   stratovolcano of planet Earth, stands out along the horizon in this
   [6]mountain and night skyscape. Bands of diffuse light from
   [7]congeries of innumerable stars along the Milky Way galaxy stretch
   across the sky above. In silhouette, the Milky Way's massive dust
   clouds are clumped along the galactic plane. But also familiar to
   northern skygazers are bright stars Deneb, Vega, and Altair, the
   [8]Summer Triangle straddling dark nebulae and luminous star clouds
   poised over the volcanic peak. The deep combined exposures also reveal
   the light of active [9]star forming regions along the Milky Way,
   echoing Etna's [10]ruddy hue in the northern hemisphere [11]summer's
   night.

                      Tomorrow's picture: light-weekend
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References

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   2. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/2407/GianniTumino_Etna&MW_14mm_JPG_LOGO__2048pix.jpg
   3. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/about_apod.html#srapply
   4. https://www.facebook.com/giovanni.tumino.58
   5. https://www.earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/event/43216/mount-etna
   6. https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10211647956870276&set=a.10206621597734439
   7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sidereus_Nuncius#Stars
   8. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap170703.html
   9. https://science.nasa.gov/universe/stars/
  10. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap220908.html
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