2023年12月12日 Aurora and Milky Way over Norway Image Credit & Copyright: Giulio Cobianchi Explanation: What are these two giant arches across the sky? Perhaps the more familiar one, on the left, is the central band of our Milky Way Galaxy. This grand disk of stars and nebulas here appears to enci […]
2023年12月1日 Milky Way Rising Image Credit & Copyright: José Rodrigues Explanation: The core of the Milky Way is rising beyond the Chilean mountain-top La Silla Observatory in this deep night skyscape. Seen toward the constellation Sagittarius, our home galaxy’s center is flanked on the lef
2023年11月22日 IC 342: Hidden Galaxy in Camelopardalis Image Credit & Copyright: Steve Cannistra Explanation: Similar in size to large, bright spiral galaxies in our neighborhood, IC 342 is a mere 10 million light-years distant in the long-necked, northern constellation Camelopardalis. A sprawling
2023年9月27日 STEVE and Milky Way Cross over Rural Road Image Credit & Copyright: Theresa Clarke Explanation: Not every road ends in a STEVE. A week ago, a sky enthusiast’s journey began with a goal: to photograph an aurora over Lake Huron. Driving through rural Ontario, Canada, the forecast
2023年8月24日 Meteors along the Milky Way Image Credit & Copyright: Ali Hosseini Nezhad Explanation: Under dark and mostly moonless night skies, many denizens of planet Earth were able to watch this year’s Perseid meteor shower. Seen from a grassy hillside from Shiraz, Iran these Perseid met
2023年7月18日 Milky Way above La Palma Observatory Image Credit & Copyright: Marcin Rosadziński Explanation: What’s happening in the night sky? To help find out, telescopes all over the globe will be pointing into deep space. Investigations will include trying to understand the early univers
2023年7月16日 Meteor and Milky Way over the Alps Image Credit & Copyright: Nicholas Roemmelt (Venture Photography) Explanation: Now this was a view with a thrill. From Mount Tschirgant in the Alps, you can see not only nearby towns and distant Tyrolean peaks, but also, weather permitting, stars, n
2023年7月2日 Milky Way and Aurora over Antarctica Image Credit & Copyright: LI Hang Explanation: It was one of the better skies of this long night. In parts of Antarctica, not only is it winter, but the Sun can spend weeks below the horizon. At China‘s Zhongshan Station, people sometimes ven
2023年6月20日 The Ñandú in the Milky Way Image Credit & Copyright: Fefo Bouvier; Line Drawing: Alfonso Rosso Explanation: Have you seen the bird in the Milky Way? Beyond the man in the Moon, the night sky is filled with stories, and cultures throughout history have projected some of their most end
2023年5月29日 Milky Way over a Turquoise Wonderland Image Credit & Copyright: Petr Horálek / Institute of Physics in Opava, Sovena Jani Explanation: What glows there? The answer depends: sea or sky? In the sea, the unusual blue glow is bioluminescence. Specifically, the glimmer arises from Noctilu
