銀河穿過奧塔哥尖塔
Milky Way Through Otago Spires
來源：Kavan Chay;
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Ogetay Kayali
(Michigan Tech U.)｜發表日期：2025-07-02
銀河總是在這兩塊岩石之間升起嗎？不是的。要捕捉到這令人驚歎的排列需要精心策劃：在正確的時間出現在正確的地點。在這張 2024 年 6 月從紐西蘭奧塔哥拍攝的照片中，可以看到銀河系明亮的中央核心位於兩塊風景如畫的岩石尖頂之間。 對於地球北半球的觀測者來說，只有在整個夏天才能看到銀河系的核心。隨著地球繞太陽公轉，銀河的不同部分在夜晚的不同時間以不同的角度顯現出來。隨著地球的自轉，銀河在天空中的方位也會發生變化--有時會像特寫圖片中看到的那樣垂直矗立，有時則會平行於地平線延伸，從而使銀河更難看到。在六月初，觀測者可以看到銀河在日落後出現在地平線的低處，並逐漸向上劃出一道弧線，展現出它的全貌。
原文：Does the Milky Way always rise between these two rocks? No. Capturing this stunning alignment took careful planning: being in the right place at the right time. In the featured image taken in June 2024 from Otago, New Zealand, the bright central core of our Milky Way Galaxy, home to the many of our Galaxy's 400 billion stars, can be seen between two picturesque rocks spires. For observers in Earth's Northern Hemisphere, the core is only visible throughout the summer. As Earth orbits the Sun, different parts of the Milky Way become visible at different angles at different times of the night. As Earth rotates, the orientation of the Milky Way in the sky also shifts -- sometimes standing vertically as seen in the featured image, and other times stretching parallel to the horizon, making it harder to see. In early June, observers can watch it emerge low on the horizon after sunset and gradually arc upward to reveal its full grandeur.
※ 本文由萌芽機器人自動轉貼自每日一天文圖（Astronomy Picture of the Day，APOD），原文為英文，正體中文是透過 DeepL 翻譯及 OpenCC 進行自動處理，內容僅供參考，若有任何錯誤之處還請見諒！
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