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From : Alan Ianson
Date : Thu Nov 16 2023 04:55:30

                        Astronomy Picture of the Day

    Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our
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                              2023 November 16

                       Daytime Moon Meets Morning Star
               Image Credit & Copyright: Katarzyna Kaczmarczyk

   Explanation: Venus now appears as Earth's brilliant morning star,
   shining above the southeastern horizon before dawn. For early morning
   risers, the silvery celestial beacon rose predawn in a close pairing
   with a waning crescent Moon on Thursday, November 9. But from some
   northern locations, the Moon was seen to occult or pass in front of
   Venus. From much of Europe, the lunar occultation could be viewed in
   daylight skies. This time series composite follows the daytime approach
   of Moon and morning star in blue skies from Warsaw, Poland. The
   progression of eight sharp telescopic snapshots, made between 10:56am
   and 10:58am local time, runs from left to right, when Venus winked out
   behind the bright lunar limb.

                  Tomorrow's picture: Aurora over Greenland
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