﻿ Astronomy Picture of the Day [1]Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. 2020 March 9 [2]See Explanation. Clicking on the picture will download the highest resolution version available. Milky Way and Zodiacal Light over Chile Image Credit & Copyright: [3]Roman Ponča (ht: [4]Masaryk U.) Explanation: What is the band of light connecting the ground to the Milky Way? [5]Zodiacal light -- a stream of dust that orbits the [6]Sun in the inner [7]Solar System. It is most easily seen just before sunrise, where it has been called a [8]false dawn, or just after sunset. The origin of zodiacal dust remains a [9]topic of research, but is hypothesized to result from [10]asteroid collisions and [11]comet [12]tails. The featured wide-angle image shows the central band of our [13]Milky Way Galaxy arching across the top, while the [14]Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), a [15]satellite galaxy to our Milky Way, is visible on the far left. The image is a combination of [16]over 30 exposures taken last July near [17]La Serena among the mountains of [18]Chile. During the next two months, [19]zodiacal light can appear quite prominent in northern skies just after sunset. Almost Hyperspace: [20]Random APOD Generator Tomorrow's picture: cone of stars __________________________________________________________________ [21]< | [22]Archive | [23]Submissions | [24]Index | [25]Search | [26]Calendar | [27]RSS | [28]Education | [29]About APOD | [30]Discuss | [31]> __________________________________________________________________ Authors & editors: [32]Robert Nemiroff ([33]MTU) & [34]Jerry Bonnell ([35]UMCP) NASA Official: Phillip Newman [36]Specific rights apply. [37]NASA Web Privacy Policy and Important Notices A service of: [38]ASD at [39]NASA / [40]GSFC & [41]Michigan Tech. U. References 1. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html 2. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/2003/ZodiacalMw_Ponca_5834.jpg 3. mailto: ponca . roman at gmail.com 4. https://www.muni.cz/en/about-us/organizational-structure/faculty-of-science 5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zodiacal_light 6. https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/solar-system/sun/overview/ 7. https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/solar-system/our-solar-system/in-depth/ 8. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap120116.html 9. https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2002Icar..158..360H/abstract 10. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap130812.html 11. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap200127.html 12. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap170409.html 13. http://www.atlasoftheuniverse.com/galaxy.html 14. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Large_Magellanic_Cloud 15. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satellite_galaxies_of_the_Milky_Way#Map_with_clickable_regions 16. https://external-preview.redd.it/livb5VRT7pdr0Snw1_gBsUwdvIdUZC9qgye-CIn8xy0.jpg?width=640&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=11e2b2e2db6388775e74b427c42ec8c11646b686 17. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OXsJAsfEmtU 18. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chile 19. https://skyandtelescope.org/observing/see-shoot-zodiacal-light02042105/ 20. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/random_apod.html 21. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap200308.html 22. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html 23. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/apsubmit2015.html 24. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/aptree.html 25. https://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/apod/apod_search 26. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/calendar/allyears.html 27. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod.rss 28. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/edlinks.html 29. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/about_apod.html 30. http://asterisk.apod.com/discuss_apod.php?date=200309 31. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap200310.html 32. http://www.phy.mtu.edu/faculty/Nemiroff.html 33. http://www.phy.mtu.edu/ 34. https://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/htmltest/jbonnell/www/bonnell.html 35. http://www.astro.umd.edu/ 36. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/about_apod.html#srapply 37. https://www.nasa.gov/about/highlights/HP_Privacy.html 38. https://astrophysics.gsfc.nasa.gov/ 39. https://www.nasa.gov/ 40. https://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/ 41. http://www.mtu.edu/