              APOD: 2018 July 20 - The Teapot and the Milky Way

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                                 2018 July 20
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                        The Teapot and the Milky Way
  Image Credit & Copyright [3] : Kerry-Ann Lecky Hepburn [4] (Weather and Sky
                              Photography [5] )

Explanation: The recognizable stars [6] of the Teapot asterism in the
constellation Sagittarius posed with the Milky Way over Death Valley, planet
Earth on this quiet, dark night [7] . The surreal scene was appropriately
captured from Teakettle Junction [8] , marked by the wooden sign adorned with
terrestrial teapots and kettles on the rugged road to Racetrack Playa [9] .
Shining against the luminous starlight of the central Milky Way is bright
planet Saturn [10] , just above the star at the celestial teapot [11] 's peak.
But the brightest celestial beacon, high above the southern horizon, is an
orange tinted Mars [12]  at upper left in the frame [13] .

                  Tomorrow's picture: from another world [14]

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teapot-of-sagittarius-points-to-galactic-center
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