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A Southern Sky View
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A Southern Sky View |
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From horizon to horizon, the night sky above Loomberah, New South Wales, Australia was photographed by astronomer Gordon Garradd [ http://usrwww.mpx.com.au/~gjg/ ] on March 22, 1996. Garradd used a home made all-sky camera with a fish-eye lens [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap970825.html ], resulting in a circular 200 degree field of view. This gorgeous sky view [ http://encke.jpl.nasa.gov/images/96B2/96B2_960322_gg1.txt ] is dominated by the luminous band of the Milky Way [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap960503.html ] cut by dramatic, dark interstellar dust clouds. Along with the bright stars of our Galaxy, the Large Magellanic Cloud [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap980203.html ] is visible at the upper right (about 1 o'clock) and the long, lovely, bluish tail [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap960502.html ] of comet Hyakutake [ http://encke.jpl.nasa.gov/comets_long/96B2.html ] can be seen toward the bottom of the image, near the bright star Arcturus [ http://www.astro.wisc.edu/~dolan/constellations/hr/5340.html ]. Bright city lights from nearby Tamworth glow along the Northwestern horizon. |
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