Astronomy Picture of the Day

                         Astronomy Picture of the Day

    Discover the cosmos! [1] Each day a different image or photograph of our
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                           professional astronomer.

                               2018 November 16
                                      [2]
                        The Hill, The Moon, and Saturn
         Image Credit & Copyright [3] : Tamas Ladanyi [4] (TWAN [5] )

Explanation: Last Sunday when the Moon was young [6] its sunlit crescent hung
low near the western horizon at sunset. With strong earthshine it was joined
by Saturn shining [7]  in the early evening sky for a beautiful conjunction
visible to skygazers around our fair planet. On that clear evening on a hill
near Veszprem, Hungary [8] mother, daughter, bright planet, and young Moon are
framed in this quiet night skyscape taken with a telephoto lens. Of course the
Moon ages [9] too quickly for some, and by tonight the sunlit part has reached
its first quarter phase. This weekend skygazers spending quality time under
Moon and stars [10] might expect to see the annual rain of comet dust
otherwise known as the Leonid meteor shower [11] .

               How to: Photograph the Leonid Meteor Shower [12]
                      Tomorrow's picture: spider season

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