Astronomy Picture of the Day

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                               2019 August 14
    [2]See Explanation. Clicking on the picture will download the highest
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                           Saturn Behind the Moon
           Image Credit: [3]Peter Patonai (Astroscape Photography)

   Explanation: What's that next to the Moon? [4]Saturn. In its monthly
   trip around the [5]Earth -- and hence Earth's sky -- our Moon passed
   nearly in front of [6]Sun-orbiting Saturn earlier this week. Actually
   the [7]Moon passed directly in front of [8]Saturn from the viewpoints
   of a wide swath of Earth's [9]Southern Hemisphere. The [10]featured
   image from [11]Sydney, [12]Australia captured the pair a few minutes
   before the [13]eclipse. The image was a single shot lasting only
   1/500th of a second, later processed to better highlight both the
   [14]Moon and Saturn. Since [15]Saturn is nearly opposite the Sun, it
   can be seen nearly the entire night, starting at sunset, toward the
   south and east. The [16]gibbous Moon was also nearly opposite the Sun,
   and so also visible nearly the entire night -- it will be [17]full
   tomorrow night. The [18]Moon will occult Saturn again during every lap
   it makes around the Earth this year.

                       Tomorrow's picture: open space
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   4. https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/saturn/overview/
   5. https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/earth/overview/
   6. https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/solar-system/sun/overview/
   7. https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/moons/earths-moon/overview/
   8. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap190707.html
   9. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Hemisphere
  10. https://www.facebook.com/AstroscapePete/photos/a.2156693754592820/2312899768972217/?type=3&theater
  11. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5fpkXLUTBx0
  12. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia
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