Copyright:Petr Horálek
原文:
Welcome to an equatorial night. This remarkable 24 frame night skyscape was captured from Maba Beach on the Indonesian island of Halmahera during the evening of March 4. Seen from a mere 0.7 degrees northern latitude, both famous northern and southern asterisms and navigational aids lie within the panoramic view. The Big Dipper is on the far left and Southern Cross at the far right. Beyond the fading campfire on that night a yellow-orange celestial triangle is set by Mars, Antares, and Saturn. It stands above the rising central Milky Way, or “Miett” in the local Maba language. Of course, you can follow the pole pointing stars in the cup of the Big Dipper or body of the Southern Cross to the north and south celestial poles. Both lie just at the horizon in the view from the island’s equatorial beach.
中文翻譯:
歡迎來到赤道的夜晚！這幅由印尼哈馬黑拉島的Maba Beach於3月4日晚拍攝的壯觀24幀夜空景觀，令人驚嘆。置身於北緯0.7度的地點，著名的北方和南方星座及導航指標一覽無遺。畫面的最左邊是大熊座 (Big Dipper)，最右邊則是南十字星 (Southern Cross)。在那篝火漸漸熄滅的時刻，一個黃色橙色的天體三角形由火星 (Mars)、心宿二 (Antares) 和土星 (Saturn) 組成，懸浮在上升的中央銀河 (Miett)，在當地Maba語中是這樣稱呼的。當然，你可以通過大熊座碗中的指向北極星或南十字星的星星，找到北極和南極的方向。從這個島嶼的赤道海灘上看，兩者都恰好位於地平線上。
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來源:NASA每日圖片
