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Good morning, Rallypoint. Today's Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) is titled "Zodiacal Night." One needs a dark sky location to see zodiacal light (e.g. someplace where city lights and other sources of light pollution aren't a problem). As we can see, a three-hour trek into the Pyrenees (Southern France) does quite nicely. Zodiacal light is sunlight reflecting off dust that circles our Sun in the inner solar system. This dust spreads out from the Sun in the same flat disc of space inhabited by Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars and the other planets. This flat space around the sun – the plane of our solar system – translates on our sky to a narrow pathway traveled by the sun and moon as they journey across our sky. The constellations of the Zodiac are found along this pathway. Hence the term zodiacal light.
What is the best time to see zodiacal light? For both Northern and Southern hemispheres, springtime is the best time to see the zodiacal light in the evening. Autumn is the best time to see it before dawn.
What is the best time to see zodiacal light? For both Northern and Southern hemispheres, springtime is the best time to see the zodiacal light in the evening. Autumn is the best time to see it before dawn.
APOD: 2021 April 10 - Zodiacal Night
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The Platters Twilight Time HQ Stereo 1958
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Thank you my friend Maj William W. 'Bill' Price for posting the NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) for Saturday, April 10, 2021 entitled "Zodiacal Night."
Since God is the author of creation, I think heavenly night makes more sense than "Zodiacal Night"
Image: Zodiacal Night - Image Credit & Copyright - Jean-Francois Graffand
"Zodiacal light is sunlight reflecting off dust that circles our Sun in the inner solar system.'
Since the definition of zodiacal is "relating to an area of the sky through which the sun, moon, and most of the planets appear to move, divided into twelve equal parts, each with a name and symbol, and each connected with an exact time of year" this name is focuses on astrology not astronomy.
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"Image Credit & Copyright: Jean-Francois Graffand
Explanation: An intense band of zodiacal light is captured in this serene mountain and night skyscape from April 7. The panoramic view was recorded after three hours of hiking from a vantage looking west after sunset across the Pyrenees in southern France. At 2838 meters altitude, Mont Valier is the tallest peak near center. In the sky above, the familiar stars of Orion and the northern winter Milky Way are approaching the rugged western horizon. At the shoulder of Orion, Betelgeuse is one of three bright yellowish celestial beacons. It forms a triangle with fellow red giant star Aldebaran located below Betelgeuse and to the right, and the red planet Mars. Mars shines just under the band of the Milky Way, still immersed in the bright zodiacal light."
The Platters Twilight Time HQ Stereo 1958
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9XfxU0ZWDU
FYI COL Mikel J. Burroughs SMSgt Lawrence McCarter Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen LTC (Join to see) SCPO Morris Ramsey MAJ Dale E. Wilson, Ph.D. Maj Bill Smith, Ph.D. Sgt Albert Castro PO1 William "Chip" Nagel SSG Samuel Kermon SSG Franklin Briant SP5 Geoffrey Vannerson A1C Riley SandersSPC Michael Oles SR TSgt David L. Maj Marty Hogan SMSgt Tom Burns Sgt John H.
Since God is the author of creation, I think heavenly night makes more sense than "Zodiacal Night"
Image: Zodiacal Night - Image Credit & Copyright - Jean-Francois Graffand
"Zodiacal light is sunlight reflecting off dust that circles our Sun in the inner solar system.'
Since the definition of zodiacal is "relating to an area of the sky through which the sun, moon, and most of the planets appear to move, divided into twelve equal parts, each with a name and symbol, and each connected with an exact time of year" this name is focuses on astrology not astronomy.
APOD background
"Image Credit & Copyright: Jean-Francois Graffand
Explanation: An intense band of zodiacal light is captured in this serene mountain and night skyscape from April 7. The panoramic view was recorded after three hours of hiking from a vantage looking west after sunset across the Pyrenees in southern France. At 2838 meters altitude, Mont Valier is the tallest peak near center. In the sky above, the familiar stars of Orion and the northern winter Milky Way are approaching the rugged western horizon. At the shoulder of Orion, Betelgeuse is one of three bright yellowish celestial beacons. It forms a triangle with fellow red giant star Aldebaran located below Betelgeuse and to the right, and the red planet Mars. Mars shines just under the band of the Milky Way, still immersed in the bright zodiacal light."
The Platters Twilight Time HQ Stereo 1958
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9XfxU0ZWDU
FYI COL Mikel J. Burroughs SMSgt Lawrence McCarter Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen LTC (Join to see) SCPO Morris Ramsey MAJ Dale E. Wilson, Ph.D. Maj Bill Smith, Ph.D. Sgt Albert Castro PO1 William "Chip" Nagel SSG Samuel Kermon SSG Franklin Briant SP5 Geoffrey Vannerson A1C Riley SandersSPC Michael Oles SR TSgt David L. Maj Marty Hogan SMSgt Tom Burns Sgt John H.
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FRANK ZAPPA and the MOTHERS OF INVENTION - COSMIK DEBRIS LIVE
JEAN-LUC PONTY (violin) - GEORGE DUKE (keyb) - TOM FOWLER (bass) - BRUCE FOWLER (tromb) - RUTH UNDERWOOD (xylo) - IAN UNDERWOOD (sax/cl) - RALPH HUMPHREY (drums) - FRANK ZAPPA (guit/voc).
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FRANK ZAPPA and the MOTHERS OF INVENTION - COSMIK DEBRIS LIVE
JEAN-LUC PONTY (violin) - GEORGE DUKE (keyb) - TOM FOWLER (bass) - BRUCE FOWLER (tromb) - RUTH UNDERWOOD (xylo) - IAN UNDERWOOD (sax/cl) - RALPH HUMPHREY (drums) - FRANK ZAPPA (guit/voc).
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FYI CSM Bruce TregoSPC Woody Bullard CPL Douglas ChryslerCpl (Join to see) SFC William Farrell SPC Michael TerrellSSG Paul Headlee SPC Michael Duricko, Ph.D SSG Michael Noll SPC Randy Zimmerman Sgt Albert Castro Sgt Vance Bonds Cpl Vic Burk PO1 H Gene Lawrence Maj William W. 'Bill' Price SSgt Clare May SPC Diana D. Capt Christian D. Orr SP5 Gary Nelson SSG Bill McCoy
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Awesome image of the Zodiacal Night from the Pyrenees in southern France, Maj William W. 'Bill' Price! Thank you for sharing it!
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