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Астронет: Астрономическая картинка дня Покрытия и растущая Луна http://variable-stars.ru/db/msg/1163470/eng |
Credit & Copyright: Olivier Staiger
Explanation:
On April 23, the rising crescent Moon
occulted (passed in front of) Venus and Jupiter.
The double occultation was a rare event
and only visible from certain
locations tracing a path across Earth's surface.
This dramatic telephoto picture was
taken at one such location,
Ascension Island in the South Atlantic.
The sunlit crescent is over-exposed revealing the rest of the lunar surface
illuminated by faint earthshine.
Venus is emerging just beyond the crescent's tip
and Jupiter is trailing above the dark lunar edge with a spot of light,
Jupiter's moon Ganymede, between the lunar limb and the planet's disk.
Look closely at Jupiter and you can see yet another
Jovian moon,
Io, just visible against Jupiter's glare!
Authors & editors:
Robert Nemiroff
(MTU) &
Jerry Bonnell
(USRA)
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LHEA at
NASA /
GSFC
& Michigan Tech. U.