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Milky Way --Flow of stellar river | |
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At a view point far away from urban area, we can gaze at the beautiful Milky Way across the celestial hemisphere over our heads. But unfortunately, it's getting harder and harder to appreciate those splendid views year by year because of spread of citified area in my country.
The word "Milky Way" is said in Japanese "Amano-gawa" meaning of the celestial river. There is an ancient stellar legend of love story in the region around Eastern Asia, called "Tanabata". A hero in this legend is "Kengyuh", alpha Aquilae (Altair), and a heroine is "Orihime", alpha Lyrae (Vega). They were living in the opposite sides of the Milky Way each other, and they could meet only one time in a year on July 7th by crossing the Amano-gawa. We, Japanese have traditional customs related to this legend, and several local cities in Japan have Tanabata festivals to wish to clear and meet them each other on July 7th, the "Tanabata" day.
I'd like to show you some images of the Milky Way in this album.
Milky Way Galaxy Patchwork