Galactic Plane & Ecliptic-Photo-01

uploaded by quarkcsj January 5, 2009 at 03:34 am
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Galactic Plane & Ecliptic-Photo-01 by quarkcsj

Yellow Line = Ecliptic
Purple Line = Galactic Plane
Blue Line = Horizon
On Dec 12, 2012 the Galactic Plane crosses the Ecliptic at the Winter Solstice, marked as WS on the chart indicating the position in the sky where the Sun is on Dec 21, the Winter Solstice.

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NP! ID: 2039736
Title: Galactic Plane & Ecliptic-Photo-01
File Size: 1680 × 1050 – 161.24 KB

Created: Mon, 01/05/2009 - 3:34am
Modified: Mon, 01/05/2009 - 5:26am

File Type: image (jpeg)

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