Posted on Mar 2, 2022
APOD: 2022 March 1 - Dueling Bands in the Night
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Good evening, Rallypoint, and welcome to the Ash Wednesday Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) two-fer. Our first image (from Fat Tuesday, March 1st) is titled "Dueling Bands in the Night." Captured in January outside of Sichuan, China, you see Zodiacal Light on the left, the Milky Way on the right, and the Andromeda Galaxy in the middle. Mouse over the image on the APOD page itself to see the different features labeled. Did you notice the meteor before visiting the APOD page?
APOD: 2022 March 1 - Dueling Bands in the Night
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Thank you my space-exploration advocate friend Maj William W. 'Bill' Price for posting the March 1st Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD): 'Dueling Bands in the Night.’
Image: Dueling Bands in the Night.
Explanation: "What are these two bands in the sky? The more commonly seen band is the one on the right and is the central band of our Milky Way galaxy. Our Sun orbits in the disk of this spiral galaxy, so that from inside, this disk appears as a band of comparable brightness all the way around the sky. The Milky Way band can also be seen all year -- if out away from city lights. The less commonly seem band, on the left, is zodiacal light -- sunlight reflected from dust orbiting the Sun in our Solar System. Zodiacal light is brightest near the Sun and so is best seen just before sunrise or just after sunset. On some evenings in the north, particularly during the months of March and April, this ribbon of zodiacal light can appear quite prominent after sunset. It was determined only this century that zodiacal dust was mostly expelled by comets that have passed near Jupiter. Only on certain times of the year will the two bands be seen side by side, in parts of the sky, like this. The featured image, including the Andromeda galaxy and a meteor, was captured in late January over a frozen lake in Kanding, Sichuan, China."
FYI Sgt (Join to see) Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen SMSgt Lawrence McCarter Maj Bill Smith, Ph.D. PO1 William "Chip" Nagel CPT (Join to see) SPC Nancy Greene CPL Douglas Chrysler PO3 Edward Riddle SGT Mary G. SGT Tiffanie G. MSgt Gloria Vance SSG Michael Noll SPC Michael Duricko, Ph.D CSM Charles Hayden SPC Douglas Bolton GySgt Jack Wallace SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL
Dueling Banjos - Sleepy Man Banjo Boys - Revenge of the Guitar
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFbWkL818XQ
Image: Dueling Bands in the Night.
Explanation: "What are these two bands in the sky? The more commonly seen band is the one on the right and is the central band of our Milky Way galaxy. Our Sun orbits in the disk of this spiral galaxy, so that from inside, this disk appears as a band of comparable brightness all the way around the sky. The Milky Way band can also be seen all year -- if out away from city lights. The less commonly seem band, on the left, is zodiacal light -- sunlight reflected from dust orbiting the Sun in our Solar System. Zodiacal light is brightest near the Sun and so is best seen just before sunrise or just after sunset. On some evenings in the north, particularly during the months of March and April, this ribbon of zodiacal light can appear quite prominent after sunset. It was determined only this century that zodiacal dust was mostly expelled by comets that have passed near Jupiter. Only on certain times of the year will the two bands be seen side by side, in parts of the sky, like this. The featured image, including the Andromeda galaxy and a meteor, was captured in late January over a frozen lake in Kanding, Sichuan, China."
FYI Sgt (Join to see) Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen SMSgt Lawrence McCarter Maj Bill Smith, Ph.D. PO1 William "Chip" Nagel CPT (Join to see) SPC Nancy Greene CPL Douglas Chrysler PO3 Edward Riddle SGT Mary G. SGT Tiffanie G. MSgt Gloria Vance SSG Michael Noll SPC Michael Duricko, Ph.D CSM Charles Hayden SPC Douglas Bolton GySgt Jack Wallace SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL
Dueling Banjos - Sleepy Man Banjo Boys - Revenge of the Guitar
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFbWkL818XQ
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LTC Stephen F.
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Deliverance - Dueling Banjos (HQ)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFutge4xn3w
FYI SrA Ronald Moore LTC Joe Anderson SFC Don Vance SGT (Join to see) LT Brad McInnisSSG Robert Mark Odom SPC Michael Oles SR CWO3 (Join to see) PFC David Foster 1SG Steven Imerman SFC George Smith MAJ (Join to see) PO3 Steven Sherrill SGT James Murphy SGT Steve Oakes SPC Jon O. SSgt (Join to see) Capt Christian D. OrrSSG (Join to see) SPC David Shaffer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFutge4xn3w
FYI SrA Ronald Moore LTC Joe Anderson SFC Don Vance SGT (Join to see) LT Brad McInnisSSG Robert Mark Odom SPC Michael Oles SR CWO3 (Join to see) PFC David Foster 1SG Steven Imerman SFC George Smith MAJ (Join to see) PO3 Steven Sherrill SGT James Murphy SGT Steve Oakes SPC Jon O. SSgt (Join to see) Capt Christian D. OrrSSG (Join to see) SPC David Shaffer
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PO3 Edward Riddle
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Thank You Brother Steve for the info and the outrageous music. I was almost expecting to hear someone squeal.
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