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.

                                 2023 May 24
     [2]A dark mountain lies in the center with an observatory building
     sporting two telescope domes. The background sky appears dark blue.
    Behind the center of the observatory is part of a crescent moon, with
    an unusual bright spot to its upper left. Please see the explanation
                       for more detailed information.

               Observatory Aligned with Moon Occulting Jupiter
        Image Credit & Copyright: [3]Rick Whitacre; Text: [4]Natalia
                        Lewandowska ([5]SUNY Oswego)

   Explanation: Sometimes we witness the [6]Moon moving directly in front
   of -- called occulting -- one of the planets in our [7]Solar System.
   [8]Earlier this month that planet was Jupiter. [9]Captured here was the
   moment when [10]Jupiter re-appeared from [11]behind the surface of our
   Moon. The Moon was in its [12]third quarter, two days before the dark
   [13]New Moon. Now, our [14]Moon is continuously half lit by the Sun,
   but when in its third quarter, relatively little of that half can be
   seen from the [15]Earth. Pictured, the Moon itself was aligned behind
   the famous [16]Lick Observatory in [17]California, [18]USA, on the
   summit of [19]Mount Hamilton. [20]Coincidentally, Lick enabled the
   discovery of a moon of Jupiter: [21]Amalthea, the last visually
   detected moon of Jupiter after [22]Galileo's [23]observations.

    Gallery: Moon Occults Jupiter in 2023 May: [24]Notable Submissions to
                                    APOD
                     Tomorrow's picture: in a cat's eye
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References

   1. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html
   2. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/2305/MoonJupiter_Whitacre_1920.jpg
   3. https://www.flickr.com/photos/ricoshanchez/
   4. https://www.oswego.edu/physics/natalia-lewandowska
   5. https://www.oswego.edu/physics/
   6. https://moon.nasa.gov/moon-in-motion/moon-phases/
   7. https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/solar-system/our-solar-system/overview/
   8. https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.228700059858579&type=3
   9. https://www.flickr.com/photos/ricoshanchez/52905094949/in/pool-apods/
  10. https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/jupiter/overview/
  11. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap220227.html
  12. https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/moons/earths-moon/lunar-phases-and-eclipses/
  13. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap220725.html
  14. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moon
  15. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth
  16. https://www.lickobservatory.org/
  17. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California
  18. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States
  19. https://youtu.be/fbU2OUEkasc
  20. https://i.pinimg.com/originals/d6/dc/8b/d6dc8b1771b697ff2992982482911274.jpg
  21. https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/moons/jupiter-moons/amalthea/in-depth/
  22. https://www.rmg.co.uk/stories/topics/what-did-galileo-discover
  23. https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/307/galileos-observations-of-the-moon-jupiter-venus-and-the-sun/
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  29. https://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/apod/apod_search
  30. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/calendar/allyears.html
  31. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod.rss
  32. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/edlinks.html
  33. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/about_apod.html
  34. https://asterisk.apod.com/discuss_apod.php?date=230524
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  36. http://www.phy.mtu.edu/faculty/Nemiroff.html
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  38. https://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/htmltest/jbonnell/www/bonnell.html
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  41. https://www.nasa.gov/about/highlights/HP_Privacy.html
  42. https://astrophysics.gsfc.nasa.gov/
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  44. https://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/
  45. https://science.nasa.gov/learners
  46. http://www.mtu.edu/