Hints of Our Own Asteroid Belt

Spitzer_ssc2005-10b2_1024

spitzer_ssc2005-10b2 April 20th, 2005

Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/R. Hurt (SSC)

In our solar system, anybody observing the skies on a moonless night far from city lights can see the sunlight that is scattered by dust in our asteroid belt. Called zodiacal light and sometimes the "false dawn," this light appears in this artist's concept as a dim band stretching up from the horizon when the Sun is about to rise or set. The light is faint enough that the disk of our Milky Way galaxy remains the most prominent feature in the sky. (The Milky Way disk is shown perpendicular to the zodiacal light)

Provider: Spitzer Space Telescope

Image Source: http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/images/173-ssc2005-10b2-Hints-of-Our-Own-Asteroid-Belt

Curator: Spitzer Space Telescope, Pasadena, CA, USA

Image Use Policy: http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/info/18-Image-Use-Policy

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Subject - General
Planet > Type > Terrestrial
Sky Phenomenon > Night Sky > Milky Way
Sky Phenomenon > Night Sky > Zodiacal Light
Spitzer_ssc2005-10b2_1280
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ssc2005-10b2
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E.1.1.1.   A.7.1.3.   A.7.1.5.  
Subject Name
Credits
NASA/JPL-Caltech/R. Hurt (SSC)
Release Date
2005-04-20
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/images/173-ssc2005-10b2-Hints-of-Our-Own-Asteroid-Belt
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Artwork
Image Quality
Good
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Equinox
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FITS Header
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Spitzer Space Telescope
URL
http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu
Name
Spitzer Space Telescope
Email
Telephone
Address
1200 E. California Blvd.
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Pasadena
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CA
Postal Code
91125
Country
USA
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http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/info/18-Image-Use-Policy
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Spitzer Science Center
Publisher ID
spitzer
Resource ID
ssc2005-10b2.tif
Metadata Date
2012-03-22
Metadata Version
1.1
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