﻿ 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. 2022 September 28 [2]The featured image shows a snow-covered mountain with the Milky Way Galaxy seen in the background on the left and the color starfield of the constellation Ophiochus seen in the background on the right. Please see the explanation for more detailed information. A Furious Sky over Mount Shasta Image Credit & Copyright: [3]Ralf Rohner Explanation: Is the sky angry with Mount Shasta? According to some ancient [4]legends, the spirits of above and below worlds fight there, sometimes quite actively during eruptions of [5]this enormous volcano in [6]California, [7]USA. Such drama can well be imagined in [8]this deep sky image taken in late June. Evident above the snow-covered peak is the [9]central band of our [10]Milky Way Galaxy, on the left, and a picturesque sky toward the modern constellations of [11]Scorpius and [12]Ophiuchus, above and to the right. The bright orange star [13]Antares and the [14]colorful rho Ophiuchi cloud complex are visible just to the right of Mount Shasta, while the red emission nebula surrounding the star [15]zeta Ophiuchi appears on the top right. The static [16]earth image in the [17]featured composite was taken during the [18]blue hour, while a two-panel panorama tracking the background sky was taken later that night with the same camera and from the same location. Within a few million years, [19]Antares, some stars in the [20]rho Ophiuchi system, and [21]zeta Ophiuchi will all [22]likely explode as [23]supernovas. Tomorrow's picture: asteroid safety __________________________________________________________________ [24]< | [25]Archive | [26]Submissions | [27]Index | [28]Search | [29]Calendar | [30]RSS | [31]Education | [32]About APOD | [33]Discuss | [34]> __________________________________________________________________ Authors & editors: [35]Robert Nemiroff ([36]MTU) & [37]Jerry Bonnell ([38]UMCP) NASA Official: Phillip Newman [39]Specific rights apply. [40]NASA Web Privacy Policy and Important Notices A service of: [41]ASD at [42]NASA / [43]GSFC, [44]NASA Science Activation & [45]Michigan Tech. U. References 1. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html 2. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/2209/ShastaSky_Rohner_1640.jpg 3. https://www.instagram.com/skypointer2000/ 4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legends_of_Mount_Shasta 5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Shasta 6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California 7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States 8. https://www.instagram.com/p/CiIUKshgSv4/ 9. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap070930.html 10. https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/resources/285/the-milky-way-galaxy/ 11. https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/constellations/scorpius.html 12. https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/constellations/ophiuchus.html 13. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antares 14. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap201014.html 15. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeta_Ophiuchi 16. https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/earth/in-depth/ 17. https://www.instagram.com/p/CiDjjPTMZVZ/ 18. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap191011.html 19. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap970624.html 20. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rho_Ophiuchi 21. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap200202.html 22. https://thechive.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/daily_picdump_3789_640_10-1.jpg 23. https://youtu.be/aysiMbgml5g 24. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap220927.html 25. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html 26. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/apsubmit2015.html 27. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/aptree.html 28. https://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/apod/apod_search 29. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/calendar/allyears.html 30. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod.rss 31. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/edlinks.html 32. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/about_apod.html 33. http://asterisk.apod.com/discuss_apod.php?date=220928 34. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap220929.html 35. http://www.phy.mtu.edu/faculty/Nemiroff.html 36. http://www.phy.mtu.edu/ 37. https://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/htmltest/jbonnell/www/bonnell.html 38. http://www.astro.umd.edu/ 39. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/about_apod.html#srapply 40. https://www.nasa.gov/about/highlights/HP_Privacy.html 41. https://astrophysics.gsfc.nasa.gov/ 42. https://www.nasa.gov/ 43. https://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/ 44. https://science.nasa.gov/learners 45. http://www.mtu.edu/