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NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day Collection
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NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day Collection
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Moon, Mars, Venus, and Spica
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Moon, Mars, Venus, and Spica
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Gliding toward today's total eclipse [ http://sunearth.gsf…eclipse/TSE2002/TSE2 002.html ] of the Sun, the crescent Moon has been rising early, just before dawn. And as a prelude to its close solar alignment [ http://www.mreclips…Special/SEprimer.htm l ], the Moon also completed a lovely celestial triangle, closing with bright planets Mars and Venus [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] on the morning of December 1. While [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] the total solar eclipse can only [ http://profjohn.com…] be seen [ http://www.csiro.au…] from a [ http://astronomy.sw…] narrow corridor, skygazers around the globe could appreciate this [ http://www.spacewea…gallery_01dec02.html ] lunar-planetary conjunction. This view is from near Nashville Tennessee, USA, and finds brilliant Venus at the lowest corner of the triangle with a much fainter Mars immediately to the right of the Moon. The Moon's sunlit crescent is overexposed, but details of the lunar night side are revealed by earthshine [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…]. Above and to the right of the trio is Spica [ http://www.astro.wi…hr/5056.html ], brightest star in the constellation Virgo.
Explanation
Gliding toward today's total eclipse [ http://sunearth.gsf…eclipse/TSE2002/TSE2 002.html ] of the Sun, the crescent Moon has been rising early, just before dawn. And as a prelude to its close solar alignment [ http://www.mreclips…Special/SEprimer.htm l ], the Moon also completed a lovely celestial triangle, closing with bright planets Mars and Venus [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] on the morning of December 1. While [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] the total solar eclipse can only [ http://profjohn.com…] be seen [ http://www.csiro.au…] from a [ http://astronomy.sw…] narrow corridor, skygazers around the globe could appreciate this [ http://www.spacewea…gallery_01dec02.html ] lunar-planetary conjunction. This view is from near Nashville Tennessee, USA, and finds brilliant Venus at the lowest corner of the triangle with a much fainter Mars immediately to the right of the Moon. The Moon's sunlit crescent is overexposed, but details of the lunar night side are revealed by earthshine [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…]. Above and to the right of the trio is Spica [ http://www.astro.wi…hr/5056.html ], brightest star in the constellation Virgo. Explanation
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Credit and Copyright:
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Larry Koehn
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Larry Koehn
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mars
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moon
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venus
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spica
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Mars
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Mars
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Venus
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Venus
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Nashville
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Nashville
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Tennessee
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Tennessee
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Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
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Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
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Moon
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Moon
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Sun
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Sun
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Mars
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Mars
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Virgo
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Virgo
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Venus
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Venus
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Dawn
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Dawn
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SPICA
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SPICA
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moon
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moon
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SPD-APOD-ap021204
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SPD-APOD-ap021204
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