星空中的黄道光

2021年04月10日

Zodiacal Night
Image Credit & Copyright: Jean-Francois Graffand

Explanation: An intense band of zodiacal light is captured in this serene mountain and night skyscape from April 7. The panoramic view was recorded after three hours of hiking from a vantage looking west after sunset across the Pyrenees in southern France. At 2838 meters altitude, Mont Valier is the tallest peak near center. In the sky above, the familiar stars of Orion and the northern winter Milky Way are approaching the rugged western horizon. At the shoulder of Orion, Betelgeuse is one of three bright yellowish celestial beacons. It forms a triangle with fellow red giant star Aldebaran located below Betelgeuse and to the right, and the red planet Mars. Mars shines just under the band of the Milky Way, still immersed in the bright zodiacal light.

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星空中的黄道光
影像提供及版权: Jean-Francois Graffand
说明: 这幅摄于4月7日的静谧山岳与星空影像，记录一片很明亮的黄道光。为了拍下这幅全景，拍摄者在南法走了3小时的山路，才抵达这个西眺日落后庇里牛斯山的景点。影像中，中心附近最高的弗利尔峰，标高有2,838公尺。在它上方的星空中，可见到崎岖西方地平线附近的猎户座众星和冬季银河。其中，猎户肩部的参宿四是视野里泛黄的3颗亮星之一。它与右下方的红巨星毕宿五，以及银河下方沉浸在明亮黄道光里的火星（右上），构成一座天体三角。

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