Astronomy Picture of the Day

   [1]Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our
      fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation
                    written by a professional astronomer.

                                2023 July 18
     [2]A mountaintop is shown covered by brush. Across the horizon are
    several telescopes. Behind the mountaintop is a deep exposure of the
      sky showing the central band of our Milky Way galaxy and several
      well-known stars and nebulas. Please see the explanation for more
                            detailed information.

                    Milky Way above La Palma Observatory
              Image Credit & Copyright: [3]Marcin Rosadziński

   Explanation: What's happening in the night sky? To help find out,
   telescopes all over the globe will be [4]pointing into deep space.
   [5]Investigations will include trying to understand the [6]early
   universe, finding and tracking [7]Earth-menacing asteroids, searching
   for [8]planets that might contain extra-terrestrial life, and
   [9]monitoring stars to help better understand our Sun. The [10]featured
   composite includes foreground and background images taken in April from
   a mountaintop on [11]La Palma island in the [12]Canary Islands of
   [13]Spain. Pictured, several telescopes from the [14]Roque de los
   Muchachos Observatory are shown in front of a dark night sky.
   Telescopes in the foreground include, left to right, [15]Magic 1,
   [16]Galileo, [17]Magic 2, [18]Gran Canarian, and [19]LST. Sky
   highlights in the background include the [20]central band of our
   [21]Milky Way Galaxy, the constellations of [22]Sagittarius,
   [23]Ophiuchus and [24]Scorpius, the red-glowing [25]Eagle and
   [26]Lagoon Nebulas, and the stars [27]Alrami and [28]Antares. Due to
   [29]observatories like this, [30]humanity has understood more about our
   [31]night sky in the past 100 years than ever before in all of
   [32]human history.

                    Tomorrow's picture: beyond the birds
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    Authors & editors: [44]Robert Nemiroff ([45]MTU) & [46]Jerry Bonnell
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