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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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                                   2022 March 12   
      
                               Point Reyes Milky Way   
                        Image Credit & Copyright: Dan Zafra   
      
      Explanation: Northern winter constellations and a long arc of the Milky   
      Way are setting in this night skyscape looking toward the Pacific Ocean   
      from Point Reyes on planet Earth's California coast. Sirius, alpha star   
      of Canis Major, is prominent below the starry arc toward the left.   
      Orion's yellowish Betelgeuse, Aldebaran in Taurus, and the blue tinted   
      Pleiades star cluster also find themselves between Milky Way and   
      northwestern horizon near the center of the scene. The nebulae visible   
      in the series of exposures used to construct this panoramic view were   
      captured in early March, but are just too faint to be seen with the   
      unaided eye. On that northern night their expansive glow includes the   
      reddish semi-circle of Barnard's Loop in Orion and NGC 1499 above and   
      right of the Pleiades, also known as the California Nebula.   
      
                       Tomorrow's picture: colorful airglow   
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