Credit & Copyright: Cem czkeser
Explanation:
Three very different -- and very famous -- objects were all captured in a single
frame last month.
On the upper left is the bright blue
Pleiades, perhaps the most famous cluster of stars on
the night sky.
The Pleiades (M45) is about
450
light years away and easily
found a
few degrees from Orion.
On the upper right is the
expansive Andromeda Galaxy,
perhaps the most famous galaxy -- external to our own -- on the night sky.
Andromeda
(M31) is one of few objects visible to the
unaided eye where you can see light that is millions of years old.
In the middle is
bright red Mars, perhaps the most famous planet on the
night sky.
Today Mars is at
opposition, meaning that it is opposite the Sun,
with the result that it is visible all night long.
In the foreground is an ancient tomb in the
Phygrian Valley in
Turkey.
The tomb, featuring
two
stone lions,
is an impressive remnant of a
powerful civilization
that lived thousands of years ago.
Mars, currently
near its brightest, can be
easily found toward the east just after sunset.
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