Subj : Daily APOD Report
To   : All
From : Alan Ianson
Date : Thu Sep 23 2021 00:37:56

                        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 September 23

                             Harvest Moon Trail
                    Image Credit & Copyright: Mike Cohea

   Explanation: Famed in festival, story, and song the best known full
   moon is the Harvest Moon. For northern hemisphere dwellers that's a
   traditional name of the full moon nearest the September equinox. Seen
   from Saunderstown, Rhode Island, planet Earth, this Harvest Moon left a
   broad streak of warm hues as it rose through a twilight sky over the
   Newport Bridge. On September 20 its trail was captured in a single 22
   minute exposure using a dense filter and a digital camera. Only two
   days later the September equinox marked a change of season and the
   beginning of autumn in the north. In fact, recognizing a season as the
   time between solstice and equinox, this Harvest Moon was the fourth
   full moon of the season, coming just before the astronomical end of
   northern summer.

                 Tomorrow's picture: Perseid meteor outburst
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