Subj : Daily APOD Report To : All From : Ben Ritchey Date : Mon May 27 2019 04:37:10 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 May 27 [2] A Volcano of Fire under a Milky Way of Stars Image Credit & Copyright: Diego Rizzo [3] Explanation: Sometimes it's hard to decide which is more impressive -- the land or the sky. On the land of the featured image [4] , for example, the Volcano of Fire ( Volcán de Fuego [5] ) is seen erupting topped by red-hot, wind-blown ash [6] and with streams of glowing lava running down its side. Lights from neighboring towns are seen through a thin haze below. In the sky, though, the central plane of our Milky Way Galaxy [7] runs diagonally from the upper left, with a fleeting meteor [8] just below, and the trail of a satellite [9] to the upper right. The planet Jupiter [10] also appears toward the upper left, with the bright star Antares [11] just to its right. Much of the land and the sky were captured together [12] in a single, well-timed, 25-second exposure taken in mid-April from the side of Fuego [13] 's sister volcano Acatenango [14] in Guatemala [15] . The image of the meteor, though, was captured in a similar frame taken about 30 minutes earlier -- when the volanic eruption was not as photogenic -- and added later digitally. Follow APOD on: Instagram [16] , Facebook [17] , Reddit [18] , or Twitter [19] Tomorrow's picture: stars, gas, and dust ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- < [20] | Archive [21] | Submissions [22] | Index [23] | Search [24] | Calendar [25] | RSS [26] | Education [27] | About APOD [28] | Discuss [29] | > [30] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Authors & editors: Robert Nemiroff [31] (MTU [32] ) & Jerry Bonnell [33] (UMCP [34] ) NASA Official: Phillip Newman Specific rights apply [35] . NASA Web Privacy Policy and Important Notices [36] A service of: ASD [37] at NASA [38] / GSFC [39] & Michigan Tech. U. [40] ---------- Site notes: [1] archivepix.html [2] image/1905/FuegoMilkyWay_Rizzo_3000.jpg [3] https://www.facebook.com/DiegoRizzoPhoto/ [4] https://www.facebook.com/DiegoRizzoPhoto/posts/2122092341173956 [5] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volc%C3%A1n_de_Fuego [6] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6AQR8VQl-s [7] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milky_Way [8] ap181215.html [9] ap080604.html [10] https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/jupiter/overview/ [11] ap180702.html [12] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGh3cCmy5zg [13] ap150311.html [14] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acatenango [15] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guatemala [16] https://www.instagram.com/astronomypicturesdaily/ [17] https://www.facebook.com/AstronomyPictureOfTheDay [18] https://www.reddit.com/r/apod [19] http://twitter.com/apod/ [20] ap190526.html [21] archivepix.html [22] lib/apsubmit2015.html [23] lib/aptree.html [24] https://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/apod/apod_search [25] calendar/allyears.html [26] /apod.rss [27] lib/edlinks.html [28] lib/about_apod.html [29] http://asterisk.apod.com/discuss_apod.php?date=190527 [30] ap190528.html [31] http://www.phy.mtu.edu/faculty/Nemiroff.html [32] http://www.phy.mtu.edu/ [33] https://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/htmltest/jbonnell/www/bonnell.html [34] http://www.astro.umd.edu/ [35] lib/about_apod.html#srapply [36] https://www.nasa.gov/about/highlights/HP_Privacy.html [37] https://astrophysics.gsfc.nasa.gov/ [38] https://www.nasa.gov/ [39] https://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/ [40] http://www.mtu.edu/ --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A43 (Windows/32) * Origin: FIDONet - The Positronium Repository (1:393/68) .