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 October 8
   [2]A partially eclipse Sun is shown. In front of the Sun are sunspots,
   the Moon, clouds, and an airplane. Please see the explanation for more
                            detailed information.

                       Plane, Clouds, Moon, Spots, Sun
            Image Credit & Copyright: [3]Doyle and Shannon Slifer

   Explanation: What's that in front of the Sun? The closest object is an
   [4]airplane, visible just below the Sun's center and caught purely by
   chance. Next out are numerous clouds in [5]Earth's atmosphere, creating
   a series of darkened horizontal streaks. Farther out is [6]Earth's
   Moon, seen as the large dark circular bite on the upper right. Just
   above the airplane and just below the Sun's surface are sunspots. The
   main sunspot group captured here, [7]AR 2192, was in 2014 one of the
   largest ever recorded and had been [8]crackling and bursting with
   flares since it came around the edge of the Sun a week before. This
   show of solar silhouettes was unfortunately short-lived. Within a few
   seconds the plane flew away. Within a few minutes the clouds drifted
   off. Within a few hours the [9]partial solar eclipse of the Sun by the
   Moon was over. Fortunately, when it comes to the Sun, even
   [10]unexpected a[11]lignments are [12]surprisingly frequent. Perhaps
   one will be imaged this Saturday when a [13]new partial solar eclipse
   will be visible from much of [14]North and South America.

   APOD editor to speak: [15]in Houghton, Michigan on Thursday, October 12
                                   at 6 pm
                 Tomorrow's picture: strange sunrise eclipse
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References

   1. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html
   2. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/2310/PlaneEclipse_Slifer_1756.jpg
   3. mailto: doyle .dot. slifer @at@ gmail .dot. com
   4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_flying_machines
   5. https://climate.nasa.gov/news/2919/earths-atmosphere-a-multi-layered-cake/
   6. https://science.nasa.gov/moon/
   7. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap141025.html
   8. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap141022.html
   9. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_eclipse_of_October_23,_2014
  10. https://live.staticflickr.com/1893/42812115870_c01b15d20b_b.jpg
  11. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap110115.html
  12. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap130513.html
  13. https://science.nasa.gov/eclipses/future-eclipses/eclipse-2023/where-when/
  14. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Americas#/media/File:Americas_(orthographic_projection).svg
  15. https://www.facebook.com/events/3492928810970281
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  29. https://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/htmltest/jbonnell/www/bonnell.html
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  33. https://astrophysics.gsfc.nasa.gov/
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