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 June 26 IFRAME: [2]https://www.youtube.com/embed/fisAZYNwDgk?rel=0 Timelapse: Aurora, SAR, and the Milky Way Video Credit & Copyright: [3]Jeff Dai ([4]TWAN); Music ([5]License): [6]Suite bergamasque by [7]Claude Debussy Explanation: What's happening in the sky this unusual night? Most striking in the featured 4.5-hour 360-degree [8]panoramic video, perhaps, is the pink and purple [9]aurora. That's because this night, encompassing May 11, was [10]famous for its [11]auroral skies around the world. As the night progresses, [12]auroral bands shimmer, the [13]central band of our [14]Milky Way Galaxy rises, and [15]stars shift as the [16]Earth rotates beneath them. Captured here simultaneously is a rare red band running above the aurora: a [17]SAR arc, seen to change only slightly. The flashing below the horizon is caused by passing cars, while the moving spots in the sky are satellites and airplanes. The featured video was captured from [18]Xinjiang, [19]China with [20]four separate cameras. Tomorrow's picture: protostellar outflows __________________________________________________________________ [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: Amber Straughn [36]Specific rights apply. [37]NASA Web Privacy, [38]Accessibility, [39]Notices; A service of: [40]ASD at [41]NASA / [42]GSFC, [43]NASA Science Activation & [44]Michigan Tech. U. References 1. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html 2. https://www.youtube.com/embed/fisAZYNwDgk?rel=0 3. https://twanight.org/profile/jeff-dai/ 4. https://www.twanight.org/ 5. https://plus.ibaotu.com/details?id=771024 6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suite_bergamasque 7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_Debussy 8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panorama 9. https://spaceplace.nasa.gov/aurora/en/ 10. https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/152815/historic-geomagnetic-storm-dazzles 11. https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.431368006258449&type=3 12. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap130609.html 13. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap240529.html 14. https://science.nasa.gov/resource/the-milky-way-galaxy/ 15. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap010110.html 16. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap200701.html 17. https://spaceweatherarchive.com/2021/11/22/3308/ 18. https://youtu.be/63fmzduUDKM 19. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China 20. https://t3.ftcdn.net/jpg/06/96/34/50/360_F_696345047_CEFfcTYtHF1L5sZrayzOlJzBo648stCR.jpg 21. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap240625.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.com/feed.rss 28. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/edlinks.html 29. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/about_apod.html 30. https://asterisk.apod.com/discuss_apod.php?date=240626 31. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap240627.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://www.nasa.gov/general/accessibility/ 39. https://www.nasa.gov/privacy/ 40. https://astrophysics.gsfc.nasa.gov/ 41. https://www.nasa.gov/ 42. https://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/ 43. https://science.nasa.gov/learners 44. http://www.mtu.edu/