Auroras in front of Magellanic Clouds


Image via Hunter Davis.

The two Magellanic Clouds – The Large Magellanic Cloud and its neighbor the Small Magellanic Cloud- are a duo of irregular dwarf galaxies visible from the southern hemisphere. Roughly 21° apart in the night sky, the true distance between them is roughly 75,000 light-years.

Hunter captured this image at 6 p.m. on May 24, 2017 at the South Pole, Antarctica. You can see more of the images from Antarctica that Hunter shared with EarthSky here. Thanks Hunter!

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Bottom line: Photo of auroras in front of the two Magellanic Clouds from the South Pole.



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Image via Hunter Davis.

The two Magellanic Clouds – The Large Magellanic Cloud and its neighbor the Small Magellanic Cloud- are a duo of irregular dwarf galaxies visible from the southern hemisphere. Roughly 21° apart in the night sky, the true distance between them is roughly 75,000 light-years.

Hunter captured this image at 6 p.m. on May 24, 2017 at the South Pole, Antarctica. You can see more of the images from Antarctica that Hunter shared with EarthSky here. Thanks Hunter!

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Bottom line: Photo of auroras in front of the two Magellanic Clouds from the South Pole.



from EarthSky http://ift.tt/2sUG485

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