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                           Astronomy Picture of the Day   
      
       Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our   
         fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation   
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                                 2024 December 28   
      
                              A December Winter Night   
                    Image Credit & Copyright: W+éodzimierz Bubak   
      
      Explanation: Orion seems to come up sideways, climbing over a distant   
      mountain range in this deep skyscape. The wintry scene was captured   
      from southern Poland on the northern hemisphere's long solstice night.   
      Otherwise unseen nebulae hang in the sky, revealed by the camera   
      modified to record red hydrogen-alpha light. The nebulae lie near the   
      edge of the Orion molecular cloud and join the Hunter's familiar belt   
      stars and bright giants Betelgeuse and Rigel. Eye of Taurus the Bull,   
      yellowish Aldebaran anchors the V-shaped Hyades star cluster near top   
      center. Still, near opposition in planet Earth's sky, the Solar   
      System's ruling gas giant Jupiter is the brightest celestial beacon   
      above this horizon's snowy peaks.   
      
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