Subj : Daily APOD Report To : All From : Ben Ritchey Date : Wed Jan 23 2019 08:28:24 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 23 [2] Orion over the Austrian Alps Image Credit & Copyright: Lukáš Veselý [3] Explanation: Do you recognize this constellation? Through the icicles and past the mountains is Orion [4] , one of the most identifiable star groupings on the sky and an icon familiar to humanity for over 30,000 years. Orion has looked pretty much the same [5] during the past 50,000 years and should continue to look the same for many thousands of years into the future. Orion [6] is quite prominent in the sky this time of year, a recurring sign of (modern) winter in Earth's northern hemisphere and summer in the south. Pictured, Orion was captured recently above the Austria [7] n Alps [8] in a composite of seven images taken by the same camera in the same location during the same night. Below and slightly to the right of Orion's three-star belt [9] is the Orion Nebula [10] , while the four bright stars [11] surrounding the belt are, clockwise from the upper left, Betelgeuse [12] , Bellatrix [13] , Rigel [14] , and Saiph [15] . New: Instagram page features cool images recently submitted to APOD [16] Tomorrow's picture: the cold eclipse ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- < [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/OrionAlps_Vesely_740.jpg [3] http://www.lukasvesely.com/about/ [4] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orion_(constellation) [5] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orion_(constellation)#/media/File:OrionProper.gif [6] ap181014.html [7] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austria [8] https://youtu.be/zSxbzlL1qVE [9] https://earthsky.org/sky-archive/use-orions-belt-to-find-two-other-stars-2006 [10] ap171129.html [11] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orion_(constellation)#/media/File:Orion_IAU.svg [12] ap100106.html [13] ap180321.html [14] ap180115.html [15] http://www.astronomytrek.com/star-facts-saiph/ [16] https://www.instagram.com/universe_view_screen/ [17] ap190122.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=190123 [27] ap190124.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) .