Subj : Daily APOD Report To : All From : Ben Ritchey Date : Mon Jan 14 2019 05:38:42 Astronomy Picture of the Day Astronomy Picture of the Day Discover the cosmos! [1] Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. 2019 January 14 [2] Meteor and Milky Way over the Alps Image Credit & Copyright: Nicholas Roemmelt [3] (Venture Photography [4] ) Explanation: Now this was a view with a thrill. From Mount Tschirgant [5] in the Alps [6] , you can see not only nearby towns and distant Tyrol [7] ean peaks, but also, weather permitting, stars, nebulas, and the band of the Milky Way Galaxy [8] . What made the arduous climb worthwhile this night, though, was another peak -- the peak of the 2018 Perseids [9] Meteor [10] Shower [11] .. As hoped, dispersing clouds allowed a picturesque sky-gazing session that included many faint meteors, all while a carefully positioned camera took a series of exposures. Suddenly, a thrilling meteor -- bright [12] and colorful [13] -- slashed down right next the nearly vertical band of the Milky Way [14] . As luck would have it, the camera caught it too. Therefore, a new image in the series was quickly taken with one of the sky-gazers [15] posing on the nearby peak. Later, all of the images were digitally combined [16] . Tomorrow's picture: heart & soul ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- < [17] | Archive [18] | Submissions [19] | Index [20] | Search [21] | Calendar [22] | RSS [23] | Education [24] | About APOD [25] | Discuss [26] | > [27] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Authors & editors: Robert Nemiroff [28] (MTU [29] ) & Jerry Bonnell [30] (UMCP [31] ) NASA Official: Phillip Newman Specific rights apply [32] . NASA Web Privacy Policy and Important Notices [33] A service of: ASD [34] at NASA [35] / GSFC [36] & Michigan Tech. U. [37] ---------- Site notes: [1] archivepix.html [2] image/1901/MeteorMountain_Roemmelt_1371.jpg [3] https://www.facebook.com/DrNicholasRoemmeltPhotography/ [4] https://www.venture.photography/home [5] https://youtu.be/Gm8sOBqSyQw [6] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alps [7] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyrol [8] https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/resources/285/the-milky-way-galaxy/ [9] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perseids [10] ap180908.html [11] ap170801.html [12] ap171225.html [13] ap181219.html [14] ap180911.html [15] ap040808.html [16] https://www.facebook.com/DrNicholasRoemmeltPhotography/photos/ a.230469333765914/1468508936628608/?type=3&theater [17] ap190113.html [18] archivepix.html [19] lib/apsubmit2015.html [20] lib/aptree.html [21] https://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/apod/apod_search [22] calendar/allyears.html [23] /apod.rss [24] lib/edlinks.html [25] lib/about_apod.html [26] http://asterisk.apod.com/discuss_apod.php?date=190114 [27] ap190115.html [28] http://www.phy.mtu.edu/faculty/Nemiroff.html [29] http://www.phy.mtu.edu/ [30] https://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/htmltest/jbonnell/www/bonnell.html [31] http://www.astro.umd.edu/ [32] lib/about_apod.html#srapply [33] https://www.nasa.gov/about/highlights/HP_Privacy.html [34] https://astrophysics.gsfc.nasa.gov/ [35] https://www.nasa.gov/ [36] https://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/ [37] http://www.mtu.edu/ --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A42 (Windows/32) * Origin: FIDONet - The Positronium Repository (1:393/68) .