Subj : Daily APOD Report
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From : Alan Ianson
Date : Thu Oct 03 2024 00:13:36

                        Astronomy Picture of the Day

    Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our
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                               2024 October 3

                             Eclipse at Sunrise
            Image Credit & Copyright: Wang Letian (Eyes at Night)

   Explanation: The second solar eclipse of 2024 began in the Pacific. On
   October 2nd the Moon's shadow swept from west to east, with an annular
   eclipse visible along a narrow antumbral shadow path tracking mostly
   over ocean, crossing land near the southern tip of South America, and
   ending in the southern Atlantic. The dramatic total annular eclipse
   phase is known to some as a ring of fire. Still, a partial eclipse of
   the Sun was experienced over a wide region. Captured at one of its
   earliest moments, October's eclipsed Sun is seen just above the clouds
   near sunrise in this snapshot. The partially eclipsed solar disk is
   close to the maximum eclipse as seen from Mauna Kea Observatory Visitor
   Center, Island of Hawaii, planet Earth.

                    Tomorrow's picture: comet at moonrise
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