APOD: 2021 January 22 - The Milky Ring

Good RED Friday Maj William W. 'Bill' Price thanks for todays APOD

Thank you my friend Maj William W. 'Bill' Price for posting the NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) is titled "The Milky Ring."

Image: The Milky Ring - Image Credit & Copyright - Alvin Wu
Yet another spectacular image of a section of the heavens

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"Image Credit & Copyright: Alvin Wu
Explanation: An expanse of cosmic dust, stars and nebulae along the plane of our Milky Way galaxy form a beautiful ring in this projected all-sky view. The creative panorama covers the entire galaxy visible from planet Earth, an ambitious 360 degree mosaic that took two years to complete. Northern hemisphere sites in western China and southern hemisphere sites in New Zealand were used to collect the image data. Like a glowing jewel set in the milky ring, the bulge of the galactic center, is at the very top. Bright planet Jupiter is the beacon just above the central bulge and left of red giant star Antares. Along the plane and almost 180 degrees from the galactic center, at the bottom of the ring is the area around Orion, denizen of the northern hemisphere's evening winter skies. In this projection the ring of the Milky Way encompasses two notable galaxies in southern skies, the large and small Magellanic clouds."

The Church - Under The Milky Way
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mA54NBtPKdI

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That is profoundly cool.