Astronomy Picture of the Day

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                              2021 December 11
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                        Postcard from the South Pole
                Image Credit & [3]Copyright: [4]Aman Chokshi

   Explanation: From this vantage point about three quarters of a mile
   from [5]planet Earth's geographic South Pole, the [6]December 4 eclipse
   of the Sun was seen as a partial eclipse. At maximum eclipse the New
   Moon blocked 90 percent of the solar disk. Of course, crews at the
   [7]South Pole Telescope (left) and [8]BICEP telescope (right) climbed
   to the roof of [9]Amundsen-Scott station's Dark Sector Laboratory to
   watch. Centered near the local eclipse maximum, the composite timelapse
   view features an image of the Sun in cold antarctic skies taken every
   four minutes. Left to right along the roof line it also features the
   raised arms of Brandon Amat, Aman Chokshi, Cheng Zhang, James Bevington
   and Allen Forster.

                     Tomorrow's picture: in darker skies
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References

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   2. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/2112/eclipse_apod.jpg
   3. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/about_apod.html#srapply
   4. https://www.instagram.com/aman_chokshi
   5. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap120802.html
   6. https://www.nasa.gov/content/dec-4-2021-eclipse
   7. https://astro.uchicago.edu/research/spt.php
   8. https://pweb.cfa.harvard.edu/facilities-technology/telescopes-instruments/bicep
   9. https://www.nsf.gov/geo/opp/support/southp.jsp
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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=211211
  20. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap211212.html
  21. http://www.phy.mtu.edu/faculty/Nemiroff.html
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