                  APOD: 2017 September 2 - Milky Way Voyager

                         Astronomy Picture of the Day

    Discover the cosmos! [1] Each day a different image or photograph of our
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                           professional astronomer.

                               2017 September 2
                                      [2]
                              Milky Way Voyager
            Poster Illustration Credit: NASA, JPL-Caltech, Voyager

Explanation: Launched in 1977 [3] on a tour of the outer planets of the Solar
System, Voyager 1 and 2 have become the longest operating and most distant
spacecraft from Earth [4] . Nearly 16 light-hours from the Sun, Voyager 2 has
reached the edge of the heliosphere, the realm defined by the influence of the
solar wind and the Sun's magnetic field. Now humanity's first ambassador to
the Milky Way [5] , Voyager 1 is over 19 light-hours away, beyond the
heliosphere in interstellar space [6] . Celebrate the Voyagers' 40 year
journey toward the stars with NASA on September 5. [7]

                            Poster: Downloads [8]
                    Tomorrow's picture: Florida twister [9]

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  [2] image/1709/voyager_modern_poster.jpg
  [3] https://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/
timeline/#event-a-once-in-a-lifetime-alignment
  [4] https://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/status/
  [5] ap070908.html
  [6] ap120908.html
  [7] https://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/news/ details.php?article_id=52
  [8] https://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/downloads/
  [9] ap170903.html
  [10] ap170901.html
  [11] archivepix.html
  [12] lib/apsubmit2015.html
  [13] lib/aptree.html
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  [15] calendar/allyears.html
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  [20] ap170903.html
  [21] http://www.phy.mtu.edu/faculty/Nemiroff.html
  [22] http://www.phy.mtu.edu/
  [23] http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/htmltest/jbonnell/www/bonnell.html
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  [27] http://astrophysics.gsfc.nasa.gov/
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