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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   
                       written by a professional astronomer.   
      
                                  2022 January 18   
      
                         From Orion to the Southern Cross   
                      Image Credit & Copyright: Lucy Yunxi Hu   
      
      Explanation: This is a sky filled with glowing icons. On the far left   
      is the familiar constellation of Orion, divided by its iconic   
      three-aligned belt stars and featuring the famous Orion Nebula, both   
      partly encircled by Barnard's Loop. Just left of center in the featured   
      image is the brightest star in the night: Sirius. Arching across the   
      image center is the central band of our Milky Way Galaxy. On the far   
      right, near the top, are the two brightest satellite galaxies of the   
      Milky Way: the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), and the Small Magellanic   
      Cloud (SMC). Also on the far right -- just above the cloudy horizon --   
      is the constellation of Crux, complete with the four stars that make   
      the iconic Southern Cross. The featured image is a composite of 18   
      consecutive exposures taken by the same camera and from the same   
      location in eastern Australia during the last days of last year. In the   
      foreground, picturesque basalt columns of the Bombo Quarry part to   
      reveal the vast Pacific Ocean.   
      
                     Tomorrow's picture: big galaxy approaches   
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