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 April 19
                                      [2]
                        Milky Way in Northern Spring
        Image Credit & Copyright [3] : Taha Ghouchkanlu [4] (TWAN [5] )

Explanation: A postcard from planet Earth [6] , this springtime night skyscape
looks over Alandan lake in the Alborz mountains. Taken after local midnight
[7] on April 17, the central Milky Way is rising over the region's southeast
horizon. Its luminous track of stars and nebulae along the plane of our galaxy
are reflected in the mirror-like lake. The brightest celestial beacon mingled
with the diffuse galactic starlight is Jupiter. Slightly dimmer, Saturn is
below and left just above the mountains. As spring brought leaves to the trees
and the galactic center to the northern night the photographer found it also
gave frogs [8]  their voices, heard like a melody across the calm water.

                          Tomorrow's picture: 3 x 9

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