Astronomy Picture of the Day

                         Astronomy Picture of the Day

    Discover the cosmos! [1] Each day a different image or photograph of our
 fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a
                           professional astronomer.

                                2019 January 12
                                      [2]
                               Milky Way Falls
  Image Credit & Copyright [3] : Yuri Beletsky [4] (Carnegie [5] Las Campanas
                         Observatory [6] , TWAN [7] )

Explanation: It can be [8]  the driest place on planet Earth, but water still
flows in Chile's Atacama desert, high in the mountains. After discovering this
small creek with running water, the photographer returned to the site to watch
the Milky Way rise in the dark southern skies, calculating the moment when
Milky Way and precious flowing water would meet. In the panoramic night
skyscape, stars and nebulae [9]  immersed in the glow along the Milky Way
itself also shared that moment with the Milky Way's satellite galaxies [10]
the Large and Small Magellanic clouds [11]  above the horizon at the right.
Bright star Beta Centauri is poised at the very top of the waterfall. Above it
lies the dark expanse of the Coalsack nebula [12]  and the stars of the
Southern Cross.

                    Tomorrow's picture: when stars explode

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