               APOD: 2018 June 2 - Jupiter Season, Hawaiian Sky

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                                  2018 June 2
                                      [2]
                        Jupiter Season, Hawaiian Sky
          Image Credit & Copyright [3] : Tunc Tezel [4] (TWAN [5] )

Explanation: Volcanic activity [6]  on the Big Island of Hawaii has increased
since this Hawaiian night skyscape was recorded earlier this year. Recent
vents and lava flows [7] are about 30 kilometers to the east, the direction of
the blowing smoke and steam in the panoramic view of the Kilauea caldera with
Halemaumau crater taken from Volcanoes National Park [8] . Still, this year
Jupiter is [9] bright in late spring to early summer skies. High in the south
it is easily the brightest celestial beacon in the scene where the central
bulge of the Milky Way seems to rise above vapors and clouds. Yellowish
Antares is the bright star near the end of the dark rivers [10] of dust seen
toward the center of our galaxy. Near the horizon, stars Alpha and Beta
Centauri and the compact Southern Cross [11]  shine through the almost too
bright volcanic smoke.

                Tomorrow's picture: Saturn's painted moon [12]

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