Tuesday, June 24, 2014

How to Find Your Way Around the Milky Way This Summer

How to Find Your Way Around the Milky Way This Summer:

The band of the Milky Way stretches from Cygnus (left) to the Sagittarius in this wide-angle, guided photo. Credit: Bob King

The band of the Milky Way stretches from Cygnus (left) to Sagittarius in this wide-angle, guided photo. For skywatchers in mid-northern latitudes, the summer Milky Way is the richest, brightest portion of the galaxy. Faint strips of airglow appear at lower left. Credit: Bob King
Look east on a dark June night and you’ll get a face full of stars. Billions of them. With the moon now out of the sky for a couple weeks, the summer Milky Way is putting on a grand show. Some of its members are brilliant like Vega, Deneb and Altair in the Summer Triangle, but most are so far away their weak light blends into a hazy, luminous band that stretches the sky from northeast to southwest. Ever wonder just where in the galaxy you’re looking on a summer night? Down which spiral arm your gaze takes you? (...)
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