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Image caption:
In May 2020, atop Mount Gongga in Sichuan, China, a lone observer stands amidst the cool night air at high altitude. Looking up, they witness the grand arc of the Milky Way stretching across the sky, captured using a smartphone set to panorama mode. This image was taken far away from the city lights at an elevation of 4200 metres, where the quiet of the mountains accentuate the connection between Earth and the vast cosmos. Jupiter, a bright planet, can be seen alongside the central bulge of the Milky Way, while a subtle green airglow on the horizon adds an intriguing touch to the scene.
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Image credit:
Jianfeng Dai/IAU OAE (CC BY 4.0)
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10359720
Tags:
astrophotography
Related glossary terms:
Jupiter
, Milky Way
Image license: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) icons
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Image caption: Dieses im Mai 2020 mit einem Smartphone im Panoramamodus aufgenommene Bild zeigt eine*n einsame*r Beobachter*in auf dem Berg Gongga Shan im chinesischen Sichuan in der kühlen Nachtluft in großer Höhe. Der nach oben gerichtete Blick folgt dem Bogen der Milchstraße, der sich über den Himmel spannt. Das Bild entstand weitab der Lichter der Städte auf einer Höhe von 4200 Metern, wo die Stille der Berge die Verbindung zwischen der Erde und den Weiten des Kosmos aufzeigt. Jupiter ist als heller Planet neben dem Zentrum der Milchstraße zu sehen, während das subtiles grünes Leuchten des Airglows am Horizont der Szene eine faszinierende Note verleiht.
Image credit: Jianfeng Dai/IAU OAE (CC BY 4.0)
Related glossary terms: Jupiter , Milchstraße Caption translation status: Not yet approved by a reviewer
Caption translators: Carolin Liefke
Image caption: Menzione d'onore al concorso di astrofotografia IAU OAE 2023, categoria Immagini fisse con smartphone-dispositivi mobili: L'Osservatore della Via Lattea, di Jianfeng Dai.
Nel maggio 2020, in cima al monte Gongga nel Sichuan, in Cina, un osservatore solitario si trova nell'aria fresca della notte ad alta quota. Guardando in alto, osserva il grande arco della Via Lattea che si estende nel cielo. La scena è catturata con uno smartphone impostato sulla modalità panorama. Questa immagine è stata scattata lontano dalle luci della città, a 4200 metri di altezza, dove la quiete delle montagne accentua il legame tra la Terra e il vasto cosmo. Giove, un pianeta luminoso, è visibile accanto al rigonfiamento centrale della Via Lattea, mentre un sottile bagliore verde all'orizzonte aggiunge un tocco intrigante alla scena. La fotografia riceve una menzione d'onore nella categoria Immagini fisse scattate esclusivamente con smartphone/dispositivi mobili.
Image credit: Jianfeng Dai/IAU OAE (CC BY 4.0)
Related glossary terms: Giove , Via Lattea Caption translation status: Not yet approved by a reviewer
Caption translators: Valentina La Parola
Image caption: 2020 年 5 月，在中国四川高海拔的贡嘎山山顶上，一位孤独的观星者站在凉爽的夜风中。他们抬头仰望，看到了银河系横跨天空的壮丽弧线，这张照片是用智能手机的全景模式拍摄的，它在海拔 4200 米处远离城市灯光的地方拍摄，静谧的群山突显了地球与浩瀚宇宙之间的联系。我们可以在银河系中央隆起处看到木星，而地平线上淡淡的绿色气辉为这一场景增添了一抹迷人的色彩。
Image credit: Jianfeng Dai/IAU OAE (CC BY 4.0)
Related glossary terms: 木星 , 银河系 Caption translation status: Not yet approved by a reviewer
Caption translators: Xiao Jingyu
Image caption: 2020 年 5 月，在中國四川高海拔的貢嘎山山頂上，一位孤獨的觀星者站在涼爽的夜風中。他們抬頭仰望，看到了銀河系橫跨天空的壯麗弧線，這張照片是用智能手機的全景模式拍攝的，它在海拔 4200 米處遠離城市燈光的地方拍攝，靜謐的群山突顯了地球與浩瀚宇宙之間的聯繫。我們可以在銀河系中央隆起處看到木星，而地平線上淡淡的綠色氣輝為這一場景增添了一抹迷人的色彩。
Image credit: Jianfeng Dai/IAU OAE (CC BY 4.0)
Related glossary terms: 木星 , 銀河系 Caption translation status: Not yet approved by a reviewer
Caption translators: An automated transliteration from the simplified Chinese translation by - Xiao Jingyu
