Subj : Daily APOD Report
To   : All
From : Alan Ianson
Date : Thu May 27 2021 00:14:50

                        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.

                                 2021 May 27

                          Mid-Eclipse and Milky Way
                    Image Credit & Copyright: John Kraus

   Explanation: May's perigee Full Moon slid through Earth's shadow
   yesterday entertaining night skygazers in regions around the Pacific.
   Seen from western North America, it sinks toward the rugged Sierra
   Nevada mountain range in this time-lapse series of the total lunar
   eclipse. Low on the western horizon the Moon was captured at
   mid-eclipse with two separate exposures. Combined they reveal the
   eclipsed Moon's reddened color against the dark night sky and the
   diffuse starlight band of the Milky Way. Frames taken every five
   minutes from the fixed camera follow the surrounding progression of the
   eclipse partial phases. In the foreground a radio telescope dish at
   California's Owen's Valley Radio Observatory points skyward.

                     Tomorrow's picture: pixels in space
     __________________________________________________________________

       Authors & editors: Robert Nemiroff (MTU) & Jerry Bonnell (UMCP)
            NASA Official: Phillip Newman Specific rights apply.
                NASA Web Privacy Policy and Important Notices
                      A service of: ASD at NASA / GSFC
                             & Michigan Tech. U.
--- SBBSecho 3.14-Linux
 * Origin: The Rusty MailBox - Penticton, BC Canada (1:153/757.2)

.