                   APOD: 2017 October 13 - Under the Galaxy

                         Astronomy Picture of the Day

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                                2017 October 13
                                      [2]
                              Under the Galaxy
  Image Credit & Copyright [3] : Yuri Beletsky [4] (Carnegie [5] Las Campanas
                         Observatory [6] , TWAN [7] )

Explanation: The Large Magellanic Cloud [8] , a satellite galaxy of the Milky
Way, stands above the southern horizon in this telephoto view [9] from Las
Campanas Observatory, planet Earth [10] . In the dark September skies of the
Chilean Atacama desert [11] , the small galaxy has an impressive span of about
10 degrees or 20 Full Moons. The sensitive digital camera's panorama has also
recorded a faint, pervasive airglow, otherwise invisible to the eye.
Apparently bright terrestrial lights in the foreground are actually very dim
illumination from the cluster of housing for the observatory astronomers and
engineers. But the flattened mountain top along the horizon just under the
galaxy is Las Campanas peak, home to the future Giant Magellan Telescope [12]
.

                        Tomorrow's picture: Steve [13]

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