Credit & Copyright: Petr HorAlek;
Rollover Annotation: Judy Schmidt
Explanation:
What's that in the sky?
Although there was much to see in
this spectacular panorama
taken during the early morning hours of a day in late September,
the brightest object in the sky was clearly the planet Venus.
In the featured image,
Venus was captured actually through a natural rock bridge, itself picturesque, in
Spitzkoppe,
Namibia.
The planet, on the left of the opening, was complemented by a
silhouette of the astrophotographer on the right.
Above and beyond the
rock bridge were many famous
icons of a dark night sky, including, from left to right, the
Pleiades star cluster, the
Orion Nebula, the bright star
Sirius, and the
Large and
Small Magellanic Clouds.
This week,
Venus remains visible to the east in the
pre-dawn
sky,
being complemented by Mars, which is
angularly quite close.
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