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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.   
      
                                   2024 June 26   
      
                     Timelapse: Aurora, SAR, and the Milky Way   
         Video Credit & Copyright: Jeff Dai (TWAN); Music (License): Suite   
                           bergamasque by Claude Debussy   
      
      Explanation: What's happening in the sky this unusual night? Most   
      striking in the featured 4.5-hour 360-degree panoramic video, perhaps,   
      is the pink and purple aurora. That's because this night, encompassing   
      May 11, was famous for its auroral skies around the world. As the night   
      progresses, auroral bands shimmer, the central band of our Milky Way   
      Galaxy rises, and stars shift as the Earth rotates beneath them.   
      Captured here simultaneously is a rare red band running above the   
      aurora: a SAR arc, seen to change only slightly. The flashing below the   
      horizon is caused by passing cars, while the moving spots in the sky   
      are satellites and airplanes. The featured video was captured from   
      Xinjiang, China with four separate cameras.   
      
                     Tomorrow's picture: protostellar outflows   
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          Authors & editors: Robert Nemiroff (MTU) & Jerry Bonnell (UMCP)   
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