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 September 25
                                      [2]
                      Highlights of the North Autumn Sky
               Illustration Credit & Copyright: Universe2go.com

Explanation: What can you see [3]  in the night sky this season? The featured
graphic gives a few highlights for Earth's northern hemisphere. Viewed as a
clock face centered at the bottom, early (northern) autumn sky events fan out
toward the left, while late autumn events are projected toward the right.
Objects relatively close to Earth [4] are illustrated, in general, as nearer
to the cartoon figure with the telescope at the bottom center -- although
almost everything pictured can be seen without a telescope [5] . As happens
during any season, constellations [6]  appear the same year to year, and, as
usual, the Leonids meteor shower [7]  will peak in mid-November. Also as
usual, the International Space Station [8]  (ISS) can be seen, at times, [9]
as a bright spot drifting across the sky [10]  after sunset. Planets visible
after sunset this autumn include Jupiter and Mars [11] , and during late
autumn, Saturn [12] .

                      Tomorrow's picture: colors missing

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  [2] image/1809/AutumnSky_u2go_5000.jpg
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  [5]
https://www.lifewithdogs.tv/wp-content/upload...
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  [6]
https://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChil...
  [7]
http://earthsky.org/astronomy-essentials/eart...
  [8] ap161105.html
  [9] https://spotthestation.nasa.gov/
  [10] ap140525.html
  [11] ap180614.html
  [12] ap171010.html
  [13] ap180924.html
  [14] archivepix.html
  [15] lib/apsubmit2015.html
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