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 7
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Stars, Meteors, and a Comet in Taurus
Image Credit & Copyright [3] : Juan Carlos Casado [4] (TWAN [5] , Earth and
Stars [6] )
Explanation: This was an unusual night to look in the direction of the Bull.
The constellation Taurus [7] is always well known for hosting two bright star
clusters -- the Pleaides [8] , visible on the right, and the comparatively
diffuse Hyades [9] , visible on the left. This night last month, however, was
atypically the peak of the Geminid meteor shower [10] , and so several meteors
were caught shooting through the constellation with parallel trails [11] .
More unusually still, Comet Wirtanen [12] was drifting through the
constellation, here appearing near the image bottom surrounded by a greenish
coma. The comet [13] was near its brightest as it sped past [14] the Earth.
The orange star on the upper left is Aldebaran [15] , considered to be the eye
of the Bull. Aldebaran is the brightest star in Taurus and the 15th brightest
star [16] in the sky. The featured image is a combination of nearly 800
exposures taken from the Spanish [17] village Albanyα [18] .
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[1] archivepix.html
[2] image/1901/Geminids46P_jcc_2000.jpg
[3] lib/about_apod.html#srapply
[4] http://www.twanight.org/casado
[5] http://www.twanight.org
[6] http://starryearth.com/
[7] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taurus_(constel...
[8] ap150617.html
[9] ap121224.html
[10] ap171222.html
[11]
https://www.khanacademy.org/math/basic-geo/ba...
angles-between-lines/e/parallel_lines_1
[12] http://www.cometwatch.co.uk/comet-46p-wirtane...
[13]
https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/asteroids-comets...
[14] ap181216.html
[15] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aldebaran
[16] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_brighte...
[17] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spain
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[34] http://www.phy.mtu.edu/faculty/Nemiroff.html
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