Solstice Sun and Milky Way

Discover the universe! Each day a different image or photograph of our universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by an astronomer.

December 21 of 2021.
The featured image shows a picture of the Sun.
The stars are superposed on the sky. The night sky is shown in the image.
If the Sun was very dim, you would see it. You can see the explanation for more detailed information.

The sun and the stars.
The image is copyrighted by the author, Stefan Seip.

The first day of winter in the north and summer in the south is the December's solstice. The sun's position in the sky is used to mark the seasons, the solstice and the equinox. At this time of the year.
The Sun is at its maximum southern declination of -23.5 degrees today at 15:59 UTC, while its right ascension coordinate is 18 hours. The constellation Sagittarius is near the center of the Milky Way. It's really hard to see the sun against the background stars and nebulae in the daytime. The images of our fair galaxy were taken under dark skies and then combined into a panoramic view. The Sun was superimposed as a brilliant star at the northern winter solstice position, close to the center of the Milky Way.

There is a graduate student research position open.
The picture is tomorrow's X launch.

Robert Nemiroff is an author and Jerry Bonnell is an editor.
Phillip Newman has specific rights.
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Discover the universe! Each day a different image or photograph of our universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by an astronomer.

December 22, 2021.
The IXPE observatory was launched to low Earth orbit with a long exposure image.
The launch was on a rocket.
Please see the explanation for more detailed information.

The IXPE Observatory was launched.
Jordan Sirokie has the rights to the image.

Birds don't fly high. Airplanes don't go fast. The Statue of Liberty is lighter. No other species can comprehend what is going on, and no human could just a millennium ago. The launch of a rocket is an event that challenges the imagination. The X-ray polarimetry explorer was carried on the Falcon 9 rocket that lifted off from Kennedy Space Center, Florida. IXPE is going to observe high-energy objects such as black holes and the centers of distant galaxies to better determine the physics and geometries that create and control them. The 300,000+ kilogram rocket ship lifted IXPE up to circle the Earth, where the outside air is too thin to breathe. Every few days, a rocket is launched from somewhere on Earth.

The James Webb Space Telescope was launched.
The picture is of open space.

Robert Nemiroff is an author and Jerry Bonnell is an editor.
Phillip Newman has specific rights.
NASA has a privacy policy on the internet.
There is a service at NASA.
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