From horizon to horizon, the night sky above Loomberah, New South Wales, Australia was photographed by astronomer Gordon Garradd [
http://usrwww.mpx.c…] on March 22, 1996. Garradd used a home made all-sky camera with a fish-eye lens [
http://antwrp.gsfc.…], resulting in a circular 200 degree field of view. This gorgeous sky view [
http://encke.jpl.na…] is dominated by the luminous band of the Milky Way [
http://antwrp.gsfc.…] cut by dramatic, dark interstellar dust clouds. Along with the bright stars of our Galaxy, the Large Magellanic Cloud [
http://antwrp.gsfc.…] is visible at the upper right (about 1 o'clock) and the long, lovely, bluish tail [
http://antwrp.gsfc.…] of comet Hyakutake [
http://encke.jpl.na…] can be seen toward the bottom of the image, near the bright star Arcturus [
http://www.astro.wi…]. Bright city lights from nearby Tamworth glow along the Northwestern horizon.
Explanation
From horizon to horizon, the night sky above Loomberah, New South Wales, Australia was photographed by astronomer Gordon Garradd [
http://usrwww.mpx.c…] on March 22, 1996. Garradd used a home made all-sky camera with a fish-eye lens [
http://antwrp.gsfc.…], resulting in a circular 200 degree field of view. This gorgeous sky view [
http://encke.jpl.na…] is dominated by the luminous band of the Milky Way [
http://antwrp.gsfc.…] cut by dramatic, dark interstellar dust clouds. Along with the bright stars of our Galaxy, the Large Magellanic Cloud [
http://antwrp.gsfc.…] is visible at the upper right (about 1 o'clock) and the long, lovely, bluish tail [
http://antwrp.gsfc.…] of comet Hyakutake [
http://encke.jpl.na…] can be seen toward the bottom of the image, near the bright star Arcturus [
http://www.astro.wi…]. Bright city lights from nearby Tamworth glow along the Northwestern horizon.
Explanation
