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 September 11 [2]A starry sky is shown with the busy central band of our Milky Way Galaxy showing diagonally from the upper left. Mountains are on the horizon, with trees and a stream running up from the foreground. Please see the explanation for more detailed information. A Night Sky over the Tatra Mountains Image Credit: [3]Marcin Rosadziński; Text: [4]Natalia Lewandowska ([5]SUNY Oswego) Explanation: A natural border between [6]Slovakia and [7]Poland is the [8]Tatra Mountains. A prominent destination for astrophotographers, the Tatras are the highest mountain range in the [9]Carpathians. In the [10]featured image taken in May, one can see the center of our [11]Milky Way [12]galaxy with two of its famous [13]stellar nurseries, the [14]Lagoon and [15]Omega Nebula, just over the top of the Tatras. Stellar nurseries are full of [16]ionized hydrogen, a [17]fundamental component for the formation of [18]Earth-abundant water. As a [19]fundamental ingredient in all known [20]forms of life, water is a [21]crucial element in the [22]Universe. Such [23]water can be seen in the foreground in the form of the [24]Bialka River. Portal Universe: [25]Random APOD Generator 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, [43]Accessibility, [44]Notices; A service of: [45]ASD at [46]NASA / [47]GSFC, [48]NASA Science Activation & [49]Michigan Tech. U. References 1. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html 2. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/2409/NightTatra_Rosadzinski_5028.jpg 3. https://www.instagram.com/krakow_astrophotography/ 4. https://ww1.oswego.edu/physics/profile/natalia-lewandowska 5. https://www.oswego.edu/physics/ 6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slovakia 7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poland 8. https://youtu.be/x1YiJgA8lpw 9. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carpathian_Mountains 10. https://www.instagram.com/p/C8guodoo5jz/ 11. https://science.nasa.gov/resource/the-milky-way-galaxy/ 12. https://science.nasa.gov/universe/galaxies/ 13. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap240425.html 14. https://science.nasa.gov/mission/hubble/science/explore-the-night-sky/hubble-messier-catalog/messier-8/ 15. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap021210.html 16. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H_II_region 17. https://images3.teeshirtpalace.com/images/productImages/purriodic-table-of-cats-periodic--navy-at-garment.webp?crop=1130,1130,x461,y403&width=1500 18. https://www.usgs.gov/special-topics/water-science-school/science/how-much-water-there-earth 19. https://phys.org/news/2015-05-plentiful-early-universe.html 20. https://science.nasa.gov/universe/search-for-life/beginnings-life-on-our-world-and-others/ 21. https://science.nasa.gov/solar-system/ocean-worlds/ 22. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap231231.html 23. https://www.nasa.gov/missions/aqua/when-it-comes-to-water-you-have-to-think-global/ 24. https://youtu.be/tKT-nVjAxto 25. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/random_apod.html 26. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap240910.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=240911 36. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap240912.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://www.nasa.gov/general/accessibility/ 44. https://www.nasa.gov/privacy/ 45. https://astrophysics.gsfc.nasa.gov/ 46. https://www.nasa.gov/ 47. https://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/ 48. https://science.nasa.gov/learners 49. http://www.mtu.edu/