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Credit & Copyright: Malcolm Park
(North York Astronomical Association)
Explanation:
A camera fixed low to a tripod on a
northern summer's eve
captured the series of images used in this serene, southern Ontario skyscape.
The lakeside view frames our fair galaxy above calm water
and the night's quintessential luminous apparitions.
But the trails of light are neither
satellite glint, nor
meteor flash, nor
auroral glow.
In the wide-field composite constructed with four consecutive 15
second exposures, a pulsing
firefly
enters at the right, first wandering toward the camera,
then left and back toward the lake,
the central Milky Way rising in the background.
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Based on Astronomy Picture
Of the Day
Publications with keywords: Milky Way
Publications with words: Milky Way
See also:
- APOD: 2025 May 20 B Milky Way over Maunakea
- APOD: 2025 May 13 B Gaia Reconstructs a Top View of our Galaxy
- APOD: 2025 May 12 B Gaia Reconstructs a Side View of our Galaxy
- Galaxies in Space
- APOD: 2025 February 9 B Milky Way over the Australian Pinnacles
- APOD: 2024 November 24 B Journey to the Center of the Galaxy
- APOD: 2024 November 5 B Milky Way over Easter Island