Astronomy Picture of the Day

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                               2020 November 6
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                                Moon over ISS
       Image Credit & [3]Copyright: [4]Derek Demeter ([5]Emil Buehler
                                Planetarium)

   Explanation: [6]Completing one orbit of our fair planet in 90 minutes
   the International Space Station can easily be spotted by eye as a very
   bright star moving through the night sky. [7]Have you seen it? The next
   time you do, you will have recognized the location of over [8]20 years
   of continuous human presence in space. In fact, the [9]Expedition 1
   crew to the ISS docked with the orbital outpost some 400 kilometers
   above the Earth on November 2, 2000. No telescope is required to spot
   the ISS flashing through the night. But this telescopic field of view
   does reveal remarkable [10]details of the space station captured as it
   transited the waning gibbous moon on November 3, just one day after the
   space age milestone. The well-timed telescopic snapshot also contains
   the location of another inspirational human achievement. About
   [11]400,000 kilometers away, the Apollo 11 landing site on the dark,
   [12]smooth lunar Sea of Tranquility is to the right of the ISS
   silhouette.

                      Tomorrow's picture: light-weekend
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