The Andromeda Galaxy Over Australia and Two Ocean Storms
A view of the Andromeda Galaxy from Australia and two tropical storms tracked from space in NASA's latest data.
NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day features the Andromeda Galaxy (M31) captured above the rolling hills of Mullion, New South Wales, Australia. In the southern hemisphere's spring, the spiral galaxy reaches its highest point around midnight, remaining only a few degrees above the northern horizon. According to NASA, the composite image reveals that the closest large spiral galaxy spans nearly six full moons across Earth's night sky.
In NASA's natural event tracking network (EONET), Super Typhoon Champi was recorded. According to data from the Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) from October 22, the storm was observed with sustained wind speeds of 95 knots.
Through the same NASA satellite tracking system, Tropical Cyclone Agueda was also monitored. According to JTWC data recorded on the same date, the storm showed wind speeds of 50 knots.
Sources: NASA APOD, NASA APOD, NASA APOD, NASA EONET
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