Astronomy Picture of the Day

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                              2021 November 26
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                      Great Refractor and Lunar Eclipse
                Image Credit & [3]Copyright: [4]Laurie Hatch

   Explanation: [5]Rain clouds passed and the dome of the Lick
   Observatory's 36 inch Great Refractor opened on November 19. [6]The
   historic telescope was pointed toward a partially eclipsed Moon.
   Illuminated by dim red lighting to preserve an astronomer's night
   vision, telescope controls, coordinate dials, and the refractor's 57
   foot long barrel were captured in this high dynamic range image.
   Visible beyond the foreshortened barrel and dome slit, growing brighter
   after its [7]almost total eclipse phase, the lunar disk created a
   colorful halo through lingering clouds. From the open dome, the view of
   the clearing sky above includes the Pleiades star cluster about 5
   degrees from [8]Moon and Earth's shadow.

       Notable APOD Submissions: [9]Lunar Eclipse of 2021 November 19
                      Tomorrow's picture: light-weekend
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References

   1. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html
   2. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/2111/LH7528_36EclipsePartialWithPlieades_1280x1280.jpg
   3. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/about_apod.html#srapply
   4. http://www.lauriehatch.com/
   5. https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10165996230570346&set=pcb.10165996333905346&type=3&theater
   6. https://www.ucolick.org/public/telescopes/36-inch.html
   7. https://moon.nasa.gov/news/168/an-almost-total-lunar-eclipse/
   8. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap211125.html
   9. https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.4165400376897483&type=3
  10. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap211125.html
  11. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html
  12. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/apsubmit2015.html
  13. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/aptree.html
  14. https://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/apod/apod_search
  15. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/calendar/allyears.html
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  17. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/edlinks.html
  18. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/about_apod.html
  19. http://asterisk.apod.com/discuss_apod.php?date=211126
  20. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap211127.html
  21. http://www.phy.mtu.edu/faculty/Nemiroff.html
  22. http://www.phy.mtu.edu/
  23. https://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/htmltest/jbonnell/www/bonnell.html
  24. http://www.astro.umd.edu/
  25. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/about_apod.html#srapply
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  27. https://astrophysics.gsfc.nasa.gov/
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