Posted on Feb 23, 2022
APOD: 2022 February 23 - Orion over Green Bank
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Good morning, Rallypoint, and welcome to the February 23rd Hump Day edition of the Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD): "Orion over Green Bank." Located in Pocahontas County, West Virginia, the Green Bank Observatory (formerly the National Radio Astronomy Observatory/NRAO) was established in 2017 when it was separated from the NRAO. The Observatory is owned by the National Science Foundation. Two-thirds of Observatory funding come from the federal government through the National Science Foundation, while remaining funding comes from contracts with universities and businesses, including West Virginia University.
You can mouse over the image and see the different sky features as they appear over Green Bank. Most of the constellation Orion is visible (the nebula appears over the barn), but the bright star Rigel has already set. Standout features include Barnard's Loop and Lambda Orionis, two notable features of the Orion Molecular Cloud Complex.
You can mouse over the image and see the different sky features as they appear over Green Bank. Most of the constellation Orion is visible (the nebula appears over the barn), but the bright star Rigel has already set. Standout features include Barnard's Loop and Lambda Orionis, two notable features of the Orion Molecular Cloud Complex.
APOD: 2022 February 23 - Orion over Green Bank
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Thank you my space-exploration advocate friend Maj William W. 'Bill' Price for posting the February 23rd Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD): ‘Orion over Green Bank’
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Explanation: What will the huge Green Bank Telescope discover tonight? Pictured, the Robert C. Byrd Green Bank Telescope (GBT) on the lower right is the largest fully-pointable single-dish radio telescope in the world. With a central dish larger than a football field, the GBT is nestled in the hills of West Virginia, USA in a radio quiet zone where the use of cell phones, WiFi emitters, and even microwave ovens are limited. The GBT explores our universe not only during the night -- but during the day, too, since the daytime sky is typically dark in radio waves. Taken in late January, the featured image was planned for months to get the setting location of Orion just right. The image is a composite of a foreground shot taken over a kilometer away from the GBT, and a background shot built up of long exposures during the previous night. The deep background image of Orion is fitting because the GBT is famous for, among many discoveries, mapping the unusual magnetic field in the Orion Molecular Cloud Complex.
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Explanation: What will the huge Green Bank Telescope discover tonight? Pictured, the Robert C. Byrd Green Bank Telescope (GBT) on the lower right is the largest fully-pointable single-dish radio telescope in the world. With a central dish larger than a football field, the GBT is nestled in the hills of West Virginia, USA in a radio quiet zone where the use of cell phones, WiFi emitters, and even microwave ovens are limited. The GBT explores our universe not only during the night -- but during the day, too, since the daytime sky is typically dark in radio waves. Taken in late January, the featured image was planned for months to get the setting location of Orion just right. The image is a composite of a foreground shot taken over a kilometer away from the GBT, and a background shot built up of long exposures during the previous night. The deep background image of Orion is fitting because the GBT is famous for, among many discoveries, mapping the unusual magnetic field in the Orion Molecular Cloud Complex.
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