标签： 银河

2019 November 19 Milky Way over Uruguayan Lighthouse Image Credit & Copyright: Mauricio Salazar Explanation: Can a lighthouse illuminate a galaxy? No, but in the featured image, gaps in light emanating from the Jose Ignacio Lighthouse in Uruguay appear to match up nicely, although only momentarily and coincidently, with dark dust lanes of our Milky Way G...

2019 October 22 Night Sky Reflections from the World’s Largest Mirror Image Credit & Copyright: Jheison Huerta Explanation: What’s being reflected in the world’s largest mirror? Stars, galaxies, and a planet. Many of these stars are confined to the grand arch that runs across the image, an arch that is the central plane of our home Milk...

2019 October 10 Mid-Air Meteor and Milky Way Image Credit & Copyright: Eric Wagner Explanation: On September 24, a late evening commercial flight from Singapore to Australia offered stratospheric views of the southern hemisphere’s night sky, if you chose a window seat. In fact, a well-planned seating choice with a window facing toward the Milky Way...

2019 September 27 The Annotated Galactic Center Image Credit & Copyright: Miguel Claro (TWAN, Dark Sky Alqueva) Explanation: The center of our Milky Way galaxy can be found some 26,000 light-years away toward the constellation Sagittarius. Even on a dark night, you can’t really see it though. Gaze in that direction, and your sight-line is quickly o...

2019 September 22 Eye Sky a Dragon Image Credit & Copyright: Anton Komlev Explanation: What do you see when you look into this sky? In the center, in the dark, do you see a night sky filled with stars? Do you see a sunset to the left? Clouds all around? Do you see the central band of our Milky Way Galaxy running down the middle? Do you see the ruins of a...

2019 June 17 羽蛇神金字塔上空的银河 影像来源与版权: Robert Fedez 说明：想要看到羽蛇神降临在玛雅金字塔上，需要精确的时间。你必须在春分前后造访位于墨西哥尤卡坦半岛的羽蛇神金字塔。此外，在下午晚些时候，如果天空是晴朗的，金字塔自身的阴影会形成三角形，让人联想到滑行毒蛇的著名幻象。这座令人印象深刻的阶梯金字塔也被称为库库尔坎神庙，其高度为30米，底部宽为55米。该建筑是由9世纪到12世纪前哥伦布文明建造的一系列方形平台构成，可作为日历使用，以天文学上的排列而闻名。然而，想要看到我们银河系的中央带降临到玛雅金字塔的正上方，并不需要那么精确的时间。尽管如此，即使是古代玛雅人也可能对这幅特征影像产生印象的深刻，知道其中银河系、土星（左侧）和木星（右侧）的确切位置给出一个比春分更具体的时间戳-事...

2019 June 8 在海滩远眺火星 影像提供与版权: Jack Fusco 说明: 在去年北半球夏季末的大冲之后，火星仍然在夜空大放光芒。因此，这颗天体轻易的吸引这二位观星者的注目，并让他们伫足入镜这幅摄于地球．大索尔的天与地景观。此外，在这张长曝光影像里，银河垂贯过视野，中心鼓核悬在西南地平线附近，而生物发光造成的淡蓝晕光（俗称蓝眼泪），在菲佛海滩附近的海浪中漂荡。目前已昏暗很多的火星，日落后会出现在西方的地平线附近。不过在这个月，木星最靠近我们也最为明亮，并将在6月10日运行到冲的位置。届时观星者可在南方地平线的银河中心繁星附近，找明亮的木星。 On the Beach with Mars Image Credit & Copyright: Jack Fusco Explanation: At ...