Posted on Oct 21, 2020

APOD: 2020 October 21 - A Night Sky Vista from Sardinia

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Good morning, Rallypoint. Today's Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) is titled "A Night Sky Vista from Sardinia." This composite image combines over 60 separate photos into a single night-sky view from January 2020. A number of features are already annotated (mouse over the image while on the APOD page itself): the Andromeda Galaxy, California Nebula, Meteors (tonight is the peak of the Orionid Meteor shower), Betelgeuse, and Orion's Belt. The reddish half-circle about Orion is called Barnard's Loop. At the bottom center, the Big Dipper is just coming up from the horizon (the third star of its handle is still behind the rock outcrop).

APOD: 2020 October 21 - A Night Sky Vista from Sardinia

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Faime - Night Sky (Official Audio)

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Thank you my friend Maj William W. 'Bill' Price for posting the NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) for Wednesday, October 21, 2020 entitled "A Night Sky Vista from Sardinia."

Image: A Night Sky Vista from Sardinia - Image Credit & Copyright - Tomáš Slovinský

Breathtaking image, away from the lights associated with civilization, of a section of the creation of God in the heavens.

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"Explanation: How many famous sky objects can you find in this image? The featured dark sky composite combines over 60 exposures spanning over 220 degrees to create a veritable menagerie of night sky wonders. Visible celestial icons include the Belt of Orion, the Orion Nebula, the Andromeda Galaxy, the California Nebula, and bright stars Sirius and Betelgeuse. You can verify that you found these, if you did, by checking an annotated version of the image. A bit harder, though, is finding Polaris and the Big Dipper. Also discernible are several meteors from the Quandrantids meteor shower, red and green airglow, and two friends of the astrophotographer. The picture was captured in January from Sardinia, Italy. You can see sky wonders in your own night sky tonight -- including more meteors than usual -- because tonight is near peak of the yearly Orionids meteor shower."

Faime - Night Sky (Official Audio)
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Canto a tenore, Sardinian Pastoral Songs

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Canto a tenore, Sardinian Pastoral Songs
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