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From : Alan Ianson
Date : Thu Jun 12 2025 00:05:12

                        Astronomy Picture of the Day

    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.

                                2025 June 12

                                Solar Eclipse
                   Image Credit & Copyright: Fred Espenak

   Explanation: On April 20, 2023 the shadow of a New Moon raced across
   planet Earth's southern hemisphere. When viewed along a narrow path
   that mostly avoided landfall, the Moon in silhouette created a hybrid
   solar eclipse. Hybrid eclipses are rare and can be seen as a total
   eclipse or an annular "ring of fire" eclipse depending on the
   observer's position. Viewers of this much anticipated hybrid event were
   able to witness a total solar eclipse while anchored in the Indian
   Ocean near the centerline of the eclipse track off the coast of western
   Australia. This ship-borne image from renowned eclipse chaser Fred
   Espenak captured the active Sun's magnificent outer atmosphere, or
   solar corona, streaming into space. The composite of 11 exposures
   ranging from 1/2000 to 1/2 second, taken during the 62 seconds of
   totality, records an extended range of brightness to follow alluring
   details of the corona not quite visible to the eye.

                          Fred Espenak (1953-2025)
                  Tomorrow's picture: An Interesting Voyage
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