Subj : Daily APOD Report To : All From : Ben Ritchey Date : Mon Mar 04 2019 07:01:27 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. 2019 March 4 [2] Celestial Alignment over Sicilian Shore Image Credit & Copyright: Dario Giannobile [3] Explanation: This was a sunrise to remember. About a month ago, just before the dawn of the Sun [4] , an impressive alignment [5] of celestial objects was on display to the east. Pictured, brightest and closest to the horizon, is the Moon [6] . The Moon's orange glow is caused by the scattering away of blue light [7] by the intervening atmosphere. Next brightest and next closest to the horizon is the planet Venus [8] . Compared to the Moon [9] , Venus appears more blue -- as can (also) be seen in its reflection from the water. Next up is Jupiter [10] , while the bright object above Jupiter is the star Antares [11] . Although this display was visible from almost anywhere on planet Earth [12] , the featured image was taken along a picturesque seashore [13] near the city of Syracuse [14] , on the island of Sicily [15] , in the country of Italy [16] . This month [17] Saturn appears between Venus and Jupiter before sunrise, while Mars [18] is visible just after sunset. Tomorrow's picture: extragalactic superbubbles ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- < [19] | Archive [20] | Submissions [21] | Index [22] | Search [23] | Calendar [24] | RSS [25] | Education [26] | About APOD [27] | Discuss [28] | > [29] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Authors & editors: Robert Nemiroff [30] (MTU [31] ) & Jerry Bonnell [32] (UMCP [33] ) NASA Official: Phillip Newman Specific rights apply [34] . NASA Web Privacy Policy and Important Notices [35] A service of: ASD [36] at NASA [37] / GSFC [38] & Michigan Tech. U. [39] ---------- Site notes: [1] archivepix.html [2] image/1903/MoonPlanetsStar_Giannobile_1313.jpg [3] https://www.dariogiannobile.com/blog [4] ap180501.html [5] https://i.ytimg.com/vi/RqcOjg-EHgk/hqdefault.jpg [6] ap160201.html [7] https://spaceplace.nasa.gov/blue-sky/en/ [8] https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/venus/in-depth/ [9] https://trek.nasa.gov/moon/ [10] https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/jupiter/overview/ [11] ap180702.html [12] https://www.rd.com/culture/unsolved-mysteries-planet-earth/ [13] https://c8.alamy.com/comp/PKA7CF/ rocky-coastline-with-a-natural-arch-at-punta-asparano-near-siracusa-PKA7CF.jpg [14] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syracuse,_Sicily [15] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sicily [16] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italy [17] https://earthsky.org/tonight [18] ap180709.html [19] ap190303.html [20] archivepix.html [21] lib/apsubmit2015.html [22] lib/aptree.html [23] https://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/apod/apod_search [24] calendar/allyears.html [25] /apod.rss [26] lib/edlinks.html [27] lib/about_apod.html [28] http://asterisk.apod.com/discuss_apod.php?date=190304 [29] ap190305.html [30] http://www.phy.mtu.edu/faculty/Nemiroff.html [31] http://www.phy.mtu.edu/ [32] https://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/htmltest/jbonnell/www/bonnell.html [33] http://www.astro.umd.edu/ [34] lib/about_apod.html#srapply [35] https://www.nasa.gov/about/highlights/HP_Privacy.html [36] https://astrophysics.gsfc.nasa.gov/ [37] https://www.nasa.gov/ [38] https://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/ [39] http://www.mtu.edu/ --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A43 (Windows/32) * Origin: FIDONet - The Positronium Repository (1:393/68) .