﻿ 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. 2024 January 31 [2]A snowy landscape is pictured with a big hill in the center. Above the hill is a starfield with the stars and nebulae of the constellation Orion appearing, with the red glow of the nebulas in great contrast to the dark sky and bright snow. Please see the explanation for more detailed information. Camera Orion Rising Image Credit & Copyright: [3]Marcin Ślipko Explanation: What does Orion rising look like to a camera? During this time of the year, the [4]famous constellation is visible to the southeast just after sunset. From most [5]Earthly locations, [6]Orion's familiar star pattern, highlighted by the [7]three-stars-in-a-row belt stars, rises [8]sideways. An entire section of the night sky that includes Orion was photographed rising above [9]Śnieżka, a [10]mountain on the border between [11]Poland and the [12]Czech Republic. The long duration exposure sequence brings up many faint features including the [13]Orion and [14]Flame Nebulas, both encompassed by the curving [15]Barnard's Loop. The [16]featured wide-angle [17]camera composite also captured night sky icons including the blue [18]Pleiades star cluster at the image top and the red [19]Rosette Nebula to the left of Orion. [20]Famous stars in the frame include [21]Sirius, [22]Betelgeuse, [23]Rigel and [24]Aldebaran. Orion will appear successively higher in the sky at [25]sunset during the coming months. Tomorrow's picture: open space __________________________________________________________________ [26]< | [27]Archive | [28]Submissions | [29]Index | [30]Search | [31]Calendar | [32]RSS | [33]Education | [34]About APOD | [35]Discuss | [36]> __________________________________________________________________ Authors & editors: [37]Robert Nemiroff ([38]MTU) & [39]Jerry Bonnell ([40]UMCP) NASA Official: Amber Straughn; [41]Specific rights apply. [42]NASA Web Privacy Policy and Important Notices A service of: [43]ASD at [44]NASA / [45]GSFC, [46]NASA Science Activation & [47]Michigan Tech. U. References 1. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html 2. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/2401/OrionRising_Slipko_2048.jpg 3. https://www.instagram.com/marcinslipko_photo/ 4. https://universe.nasa.gov/news/147/discovering-the-universe-through-the-constellation-orion/ 5. https://science.nasa.gov/earth/facts/ 6. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap030207.html 7. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap171123.html 8. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap201225.html 9. https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Śnieżka 10. https://youtu.be/i9W_ek8b61I 11. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poland 12. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Czech_Republic 13. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap210629.html 14. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap211103.html 15. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barnard's_Loop 16. https://www.instagram.com/p/C2FpvawMzw9/ 17. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap180321.html 18. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pleiades 19. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap210214.html 20. https://w0.peakpx.com/wallpaper/264/469/HD-wallpaper-cat-stars-glasses-sky-animal-sea-summer-funny-face-pink-pisica.jpg 21. https://earthsky.org/brightest-stars/sirius-the-brightest-star/ 22. https://universe.nasa.gov/news/237/what-is-betelgeuse-inside-the-strange-volatile-star/ 23. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap220124.html 24. https://skyandtelescope.org/astronomy-news/meet-aldebaran-the-bulls-eye/ 25. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap231025.html 26. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap240130.html 27. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html 28. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/apsubmit2015.html 29. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/aptree.html 30. https://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/apod/apod_search 31. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/calendar/allyears.html 32. https://apod.com/feed.rss 33. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/edlinks.html 34. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/about_apod.html 35. https://asterisk.apod.com/discuss_apod.php?date=240131 36. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap240201.html 37. http://www.phy.mtu.edu/faculty/Nemiroff.html 38. http://www.phy.mtu.edu/ 39. https://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/htmltest/jbonnell/www/bonnell.html 40. http://www.astro.umd.edu/ 41. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/about_apod.html#srapply 42. https://www.nasa.gov/about/highlights/HP_Privacy.html 43. https://astrophysics.gsfc.nasa.gov/ 44. https://www.nasa.gov/ 45. https://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/ 46. https://science.nasa.gov/learners 47. http://www.mtu.edu/