The Milky Way Is Only Visible for a Few Months Each Year
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If you’re in an area without light pollution on a clear night, you’ll be able to capture a starry sky, no problem, but the Milky Way is only visible at certain times of the year from certain areas on earth. For example, the Milky Way is only visible to the Northern Hemisphere from around March to September, with the prime viewing time from around April to the end of July (that’s when the galactic center of the Milky Way is at its most gloriously photogenic). The Milky Way appears like a horizontal band across the southern sky. In the Southern Hemisphere, it will appear ...
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