Two Hemisphere Night Sky (IMAGE)

Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC)

Two Hemisphere Night Sky

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In the upper part of the image, the Observatory of the Roque de los Muchachos Observatory (Garafía, La Palma, Canary Islands) taken in February 2020. The lower part shows the sky in the southern hemisphere from the La Silla Observatory (ESO, Chile) in April 2016. In this composition the Milky Way runs almost vertically above and below the horizon. In the upper half Venus is immersed in the Zodiacal Light, which produces a complete circle through the starry sky. Andromeda and the Magellanic Clouds can also be seen. This image, produced by astrophotographers Juan Carlos Casado and Petr Horálek, was Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) on February 27th 2020 (apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap200227.html)

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Juan Carlos Casado and Petr Horálek

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