Astronomy Picture of the Day

                         Astronomy Picture of the Day

    Discover the cosmos! [1] Each day a different image or photograph of our
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                                2019 February 8
                                      [2]
                         Moon, Four Planets, and Emu
    Image Credit & Copyright [3] : Alex Cherney (Terrastro [4] , TWAN [5] )

Explanation: A luminous Milky Way falls [6] toward the horizon in this deep
skyscape, starting at the top of the frame from the stars of the Southern
Cross and the dark Coalsack Nebula. Captured in the dark predawn of February
2nd from Central Victoria, Australia, planet Earth, the 26 day old waning
crescent [7] Moon still shines brightly near the horizon. The second and third
brightest celestial beacons are Venus and Jupiter along the lower part of the
Milky Way's central bulge. Almost in line with the brighter planets and Moon,
Saturn is the pinprick of light just visible [8]  below and right of the lunar
glow. Australia's first astronomers [9]  saw the elongated, bulging shape of
the familiar Milky Way as a great celestial Emu. The Moon and planets could
almost be the Emu's eggs on this starry night [10] .

                      Tomorrow's picture: dos sombreros

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