Astronomy Picture of the Day

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                              2020 September 7

                    The Milky Way over St Michael's Mount
                        Image Credit: Simon R. Hudson

   Explanation: Where do land and sky converge? On every horizon -- but in
   this case the path on the ground leads to St Michael's Mount (Cornish:
   Karrek Loos yn Koos), a small historic island in Cornwall, England. The
   Mount is usually surrounded by shallow water, but at low tide is
   spanned by a human-constructed causeway. The path on the sky, actually
   the central band of our Milky Way Galaxy, also appears to lead to St
   Michael's Mount, but really lies far in the distance. The red nebula in
   the Milky Way, just above the castle, is the Lagoon Nebula, while
   bright Jupiter shines to the left, and a luminous meteor flashes to the
   right. The foreground and background images of this featured composite
   were taken on the same July night and from the same location. Although
   meteors are fleeting and the Milky Way disk shifts in the night as the
   Earth turns, Jupiter will remain prominent in the sunset sky into
   December.

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