Subj : Daily APOD Report To : All From : Ben Ritchey Date : Fri Nov 16 2018 15:06:24 Astronomy Picture of the Day Astronomy Picture of the Day Discover the cosmos! [1] Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. 2018 November 16 [2] The Hill, The Moon, and Saturn Image Credit & Copyright [3] : Tamas Ladanyi [4] (TWAN [5] ) Explanation: Last Sunday when the Moon was young [6] its sunlit crescent hung low near the western horizon at sunset. With strong earthshine it was joined by Saturn shining [7] in the early evening sky for a beautiful conjunction visible to skygazers around our fair planet. On that clear evening on a hill near Veszprem, Hungary [8] mother, daughter, bright planet, and young Moon are framed in this quiet night skyscape taken with a telephoto lens. Of course the Moon ages [9] too quickly for some, and by tonight the sunlit part has reached its first quarter phase. This weekend skygazers spending quality time under Moon and stars [10] might expect to see the annual rain of comet dust otherwise known as the Leonid meteor shower [11] . How to: Photograph the Leonid Meteor Shower [12] Tomorrow's picture: spider season ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- < [13] | Archive [14] | Submissions [15] | Index [16] | Search [17] | Calendar [18] | RSS [19] | Education [20] | About APOD [21] | Discuss [22] | > [23] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Authors & editors: Robert Nemiroff [24] (MTU [25] ) & Jerry Bonnell [26] (UMCP [27] ) NASA Official: Phillip Newman Specific rights apply [28] . NASA Web Privacy Policy and Important Notices [29] A service of: ASD [30] at NASA [31] / GSFC [32] & Michigan Tech. U. [33] ---------- Site notes: [1] archivepix.html [2] image/1811/conjunction_181111_ladanyi_web.jpg [3] lib/about_apod.html#srapply [4] http://www.astrophoto.hu/ [5] http://www.twanight.org/ [6] ap181110.html [7] ap170316.html [8] ap170921.html [9] https://spaceplace.nasa.gov/oreo-moon/en/ [10] https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/video/details.php?id=1552 [11] https://earthsky.org/astronomy-essentials/ everything-you-need-to-know-leonid-meteor-shower [12] https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/510/ 10-things-how-to-photograph-a-meteor-shower/ [13] ap181115.html [14] archivepix.html [15] lib/apsubmit2015.html [16] lib/aptree.html [17] https://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/apod/apod_search [18] calendar/allyears.html [19] /apod.rss [20] lib/edlinks.html [21] lib/about_apod.html [22] http://asterisk.apod.com/discuss_apod.php?date=181116 [23] ap181117.html [24] http://www.phy.mtu.edu/faculty/Nemiroff.html [25] http://www.phy.mtu.edu/ [26] https://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/htmltest/jbonnell/www/bonnell.html [27] http://www.astro.umd.edu/ [28] lib/about_apod.html#srapply [29] https://www.nasa.gov/about/highlights/HP_Privacy.html [30] https://astrophysics.gsfc.nasa.gov/ [31] https://www.nasa.gov/ [32] https://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/ [33] http://www.mtu.edu/ --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A39 (Windows/32) * Origin: FIDONet - The Positronium Repository (1:393/68) .