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 23
                                      [2]
                        Orion over the Austrian Alps
                  Image Credit & Copyright: LukßÜ Vesel² [3]

Explanation: Do you recognize this constellation? Through the icicles and past
the mountains is Orion [4] , one of the most identifiable star groupings on
the sky and an icon familiar to humanity for over 30,000 years. Orion has
looked pretty much the same [5]  during the past 50,000 years and should
continue to look the same for many thousands of years into the future. Orion
[6]  is quite prominent in the sky this time of year, a recurring sign of
(modern) winter in Earth's northern hemisphere and summer in the south.
Pictured, Orion was captured recently above the Austria [7] n Alps [8]  in a
composite of seven images taken by the same camera in the same location during
the same night. Below and slightly to the right of Orion's three-star belt [9]
 is the Orion Nebula [10] , while the four bright stars [11]  surrounding the
belt are, clockwise from the upper left, Betelgeuse [12] , Bellatrix [13] ,
Rigel [14] , and Saiph [15] .

  New: Instagram page features cool images recently submitted to APOD [16]
                     Tomorrow's picture: the cold eclipse

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  [1] archivepix.html
  [2] image/1901/OrionAlps_Vesely_740.jpg
  [3] http://www.lukasvesely.com/about/
  [4] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orion_(constell...
  [5]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orion_(constell...
  [6] ap181014.html
  [7] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austria
  [8] https://youtu.be/zSxbzlL1qVE
  [9]
https://earthsky.org/sky-archive/use-orions-b...
  [10] ap171129.html
  [11]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orion_(constell...
  [12] ap100106.html
  [13] ap180321.html
  [14] ap180115.html
  [15] http://www.astronomytrek.com/star-facts-saiph...
  [16] https://www.instagram.com/universe_view_scree...
  [17] ap190122.html
  [18] archivepix.html
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  [27] ap190124.html
  [28] http://www.phy.mtu.edu/faculty/Nemiroff.html
  [29] http://www.phy.mtu.edu/
  [30] https://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/htmltest/jbonnel...
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