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Credit & Copyright: Mauricio Salazar
Explanation:
Can a lighthouse illuminate a galaxy?
No, but in the featured image, gaps in light emanating from the
Jose Ignacio Lighthouse in
Uruguay
appear to match up nicely, although only momentarily and coincidently, with
dark dust lanes of our
Milky Way Galaxy.
The bright dot on the right is the planet
Jupiter.
The central band of the
Milky Way Galaxy is actually the central
spiral disk seen from within the disk.
The Milky Way band is
not
easily visible
through city lights but can be quite spectacular to see in
dark skies.
The featured picture is actually the addition of ten consecutive images taken by
the same camera from the same location.
The images were well planned to exclude direct light from the
famous
lighthouse.
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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