¿ Astronomy Picture of the Day [1]Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. 2021 June 9 [2]The picture shows total lunar eclipsed moon surrounded by a colorful atmospheric corona. Please see the explanation for more detailed information. A Total Lunar Eclipse Corona Image Credit & Copyright: [3]Helmut Eder Explanation: This moon appears multiply strange. This moon was a full moon, specifically called a [4]Flower Moon at this time of the year. But that didn't make it strange -- full moons occur once a month ([5]moon-th). This moon was a [6]supermoon, meaning that it reached its full phase near its closest approach to the Earth in its slightly [7]elliptical orbit. Somewhat strange, a supermoon appears a bit larger and brighter than the average full moon -- and enables it to be called a Super Flower Moon. This moon was undergoing a [8]total lunar eclipse. An eclipsed moon can look [9]quite strange, being dark, [10]unevenly lit, and, frequently, red -- sometimes called blood red. Therefore, this moon could be called a Super Flower Blood Moon. This moon was seen through thin clouds. These clouds created a [11]faint corona around the moon, making it look not only strange, but [12]colorful. This moon was imaged so deeply that the [13]heart of the [14]Milky Way galaxy, far in the background, was visible to its lower right. This moon, this shadow, this galaxy and these colors were all [15]captured last month near [16]Cassilis, [17]NSW, [18]Australia -- with a single shot. (Merged later with two lower shots that better capture the Milky Way.) Details: [19]Annular Solar Eclipse Tomorrow Gallery: [20]Total Eclipse of the Super Flower Blood Moon Tomorrow's picture: open space __________________________________________________________________ [21]< | [22]Archive | [23]Submissions | [24]Index | [25]Search | [26]Calendar | [27]RSS | [28]Education | [29]About APOD | [30]Discuss | [31]> __________________________________________________________________ Authors & editors: [32]Robert Nemiroff ([33]MTU) & [34]Jerry Bonnell ([35]UMCP) NASA Official: Phillip Newman [36]Specific rights apply. [37]NASA Web Privacy Policy and Important Notices A service of: [38]ASD at [39]NASA / [40]GSFC & [41]Michigan Tech. U. References 1. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html 2. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/2106/MultiEclipse_Eder_1080.jpg 3. https://www.facebook.com/SeeingthroughHelmutEder/ 4. https://www.almanac.com/content/full-moon-may 5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Month 6. https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/922/what-is-a-supermoon/ 7. https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/orbit-3.jpg 8. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap210525.html 9. https://www.sadanduseless.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/funny-suprised-cat2.jpg 10. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap201111.html 11. https://www.atoptics.co.uk/droplets/cormoon.htm 12. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap150615.html 13. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap190407.html 14. https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/resources/285/the-milky-way-galaxy/ 15. https://www.facebook.com/SeeingthroughHelmutEder/photos/a.104822107979211/297462595381827/ 16. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cassilis,_New_South_Wales 17. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_South_Wales 18. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia 19. https://www.nasa.gov/content/june-10-2021-eclipse 20. https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?vanity=APOD.Sky&set=a.3650417948395731 21. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap210608.html 22. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html 23. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/apsubmit2015.html 24. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/aptree.html 25. https://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/apod/apod_search 26. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/calendar/allyears.html 27. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod.rss 28. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/edlinks.html 29. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/about_apod.html 30. http://asterisk.apod.com/discuss_apod.php?date=210609 31. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap210610.html 32. http://www.phy.mtu.edu/faculty/Nemiroff.html 33. http://www.phy.mtu.edu/ 34. https://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/htmltest/jbonnell/www/bonnell.html 35. http://www.astro.umd.edu/ 36. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/about_apod.html#srapply 37. https://www.nasa.gov/about/highlights/HP_Privacy.html 38. https://astrophysics.gsfc.nasa.gov/ 39. https://www.nasa.gov/ 40. https://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/ 41. http://www.mtu.edu/