Milky Way Over Switzerland

Astronomy Picture of the Day · 2011-02-21 · NASA (public domain)

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Milky Way Over Switzerland — APOD for 2011-02-21

What's visible in the night sky during this time of year? To help illustrate the answer, a beautiful land, cloud, and skyscape was captured earlier this month over Neuchtel , Switzerland . Visible in the foreground were the snow covered cliffs of the amphitheater shaped Creux du Van , as well as distant trees, and town-lit clouds. Visible in the night sky (at midnight) were galaxies including the long arch of the central band of our Milky Way Galaxy , the Andromeda galaxy (M31), and the Triangulum galaxy ( M33 ). Star clusters visible included NGC 752, M34 , M35 , M41 , the double cluster , and the Beehive ( M44 ). Nebulas visible included the Orion Nebula ( M42 ), NGC 7822 , IC 1396 , the Rosette Nebula , the Flaming Star Nebula , the California Nebula , the Heart and Soul Nebulas , and the Pacman Nebula . Rolling your cursor over the above image will bring up labels for all of these . But the above wide angle sky image captured even more sky wonders. What other nebulas can you find in the above image?

Astronomy Picture of the Day for 2011-02-21 — image & explanation courtesy of NASA (public domain), mirrored at Tukuk-OS for reading and search convenience.

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