Happy December SolsticeSolstice Sun and Milky Way At today's solstice, the Sun is in the constellation Sagittarius near the center of our Milky Way galaxy. In fact, if it were possible to see today's Solstice Sun against the faint background stars and nebulae your view might look something like this composited panorama.
This amazing image was created by Stefan Seip. He photographed the The Milky Way under the dark skies of Namibia and stitched the images together to make the panorama. The Sun is a photo he took on the 2015 December solstice. Seip digitally overlayed it in what is the northern winter solstice position, close to the center of the Milky Way.
(Composite Image Credit & Copyright: Stefan Seip (TWAN)
Description based on text by Robert Nemiroff (MTU) & Jerry Bonnell (UMCP))