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 August 11
                                      [2]
                          Moon, Mars, and Milky Way
        Image Credit & Copyright [3] : Taha Ghouchkanlu [4] (TWAN [5] )

Explanation: Just two weeks ago [6] , dark skies over the desert in northern
Iran held this alluring celestial vista. The dramatic digital mosaic finds the
Moon and Mars alongside the Milky Way's dusty rifts, stars, and nebulae.
Captured through a series of exposures to cover a range in brightness, that
night's otherwise Full Moon is immersed in Earth's shadow. It actually appears
fainter and redder [7]  than the Red Planet itself during the widely watched
total lunar eclipse. For cosmic tourists [8] , the skyscape also includes the
Lagoon (M8) and Trifid (M20) [9] nebulae and planet Saturn shining against the
Milky Way's pale starlight. The Moon isn't quite done with its shadow play
[10] , though. Today, the New Moon [11] partially eclipses the Sun for much of
northern planet Earth.

                  Tomorrow's picture: galaxy and green flash

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