Daily Telescope: Tracking the Sun’s path every day across the sky
Enlarge / The path of the Sun over Germany. (credit: Frank Niessen/IAU OAE)
Welcome to the Daily Telescope. There is a little too much darkness in this world and not enough light, a little too much pseudoscience and not enough science. We'll let other publications offer you a daily horoscope. At Ars Technica, we're going to take a different route, finding inspiration from very real images of a universe that is filled with stars and wonder.
Good morning. It's December 18, and today's photo is an homage to the forthcoming winter solstice-which will visit the Northern Hemisphere on Thursday evening.
This image was a second-place finisher in a recent competition by the International Astronomical Union's Office of Education. This year's contest welcomed astrophotography enthusiasts at all skill levels, including images taken with smartphones.