Zodiacal Light and Winter Planets Shining with Andromeda above Dark Sky® Alqueva fields
Alqueva´s Dark Sky Reserve | By Year: 2025 | Planets & Conjunctions | Twilight Dawn & Dusk | Zodiacal Light & Gegenschein
The image reveals the faint path of Zodiacal Light shining along the ecliptic plane, also highlighting some of the brightest planets visible in the winter starry skies of Dark Sky® Alqueva region, Portugal. Best seen between late January and early April from the northern hemisphere at the end of nautical twilight, the zodiacal light is a faint light beam that extends along the ecliptic plane, where are located the constellations of the Zodiac. It is caused by the scattering of sunlight in cosmic dust particles that can be found scattered all over the Solar System. In conjunction and close to the horizon, against the faint light are shining planet Venus and Saturn. Follow the faint path we will find at the top left corner Planet Jupiter. Not faraway from Pleiades star cluster, will be also located Uranus, not visible though with naked eye. At the right center, Andromeda galaxy M31 is forming almost a perfect triangle with Jupiter and Venus, fulfilling the entire scene.
PT: A imagem revela o ténue percurso da Luz Zodiacal brilhando ao longo do plano da eclíptica, destacando também alguns dos planetas mais brilhantes visíveis nos céus estrelados de Inverno do Dark Sky® Alqueva, em Portugal. Mais facilmente visível entre o final de Janeiro e o início de Abril – a partir do hemisfério norte – ao final do crepúsculo náutico, a luz zodiacal é um feixe de luz suave que se estende ao longo do plano da eclíptica, onde se encontram as constelações do Zodíaco. É causada pela dispersão da luz solar em partículas de poeira cósmica que podem ser encontradas e espalhadas por todo o Sistema Solar. Em conjunção e perto do horizonte, contra a emissão esbranquiçada da luz zodiacal, brilham os planetas Vénus e Saturno. Seguindo o caminho ténue e encontraremos no canto superior esquerdo o Planeta Júpiter. Não muito longe do enxame estelar das Pléiades, encontra-se ainda o planeta Urano, embora não seja perceptível na imagem nem igualmente visível a olho nu. No centro direito, a galáxia de Andrómeda M31 forma um asterismo triangular quase perfeito com os planetas Júpiter e Vénus, situados nos extremos opostos desse triângulo equilátero, preenchendo todo o cenário deste retrato astronómico.
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