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                           Astronomy Picture of the Day   
      
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                                  2022 October 21   
      
                            Andromeda in Southern Skies   
               Image Credit & Copyright: Ian Griffin (Otago Museum)   
      
      Explanation: Looking north from southern New Zealand, the Andromeda   
      Galaxy never gets more than about five degrees above the horizon. As   
      spring comes to the southern hemisphere, in late September Andromeda is   
      highest in the sky around midnight though. In a single 30 second   
      exposure this telephoto image tracked the stars to capture the closest   
      large spiral galaxy from Mount John Observatory as it climbed just over   
      the rugged peaks of the south island's Southern Alps. In the   
      foreground, stars are reflected in the still waters of Lake   
      Alexandrina. Also known as M31, the Andromeda Galaxy is one of the   
      brightest objects in the Messier catalog, usually visible to the   
      unaided eye as a small, faint, fuzzy patch. But this clear, dark sky   
      and long exposure reveal the galaxy's greater extent in planet Earth's   
      night, spanning nearly 6 full moons.   
      
                         Tomorrow's picture: light-weekend   
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