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Astronomy Picture of the Day - Zodiacal Ray with Venus and Jupiter
APOD.NASA.gov ^
| 27 Feb, 2023
| Image Credit & Copyright: Ruslan Merzlyakov (astrorms)
Posted on 02/27/2023 11:11:18 AM PST by MtnClimber
Explanation: What's causing that unusual ray of light extending from the horizon? Dust orbiting the Sun. At certain times of the year, a band of sun-reflecting dust from the inner Solar System appears prominently after sunset or before sunrise and is called zodiacal light. The dust was emitted mostly from faint Jupiter-family comets and slowly spirals into the Sun. The featured HDR image, acquired in mid-February from the Sierra Nevada National Park in Spain, captures the glowing band of zodiacal light going right in front of the bright evening planets Jupiter (upper) and Venus (lower). Emitted from well behind the zodiacal light is a dark night sky that prominently includes the Pleiades star cluster. Jupiter and Venus are slowly switching places in the evening sky, and just in the next few days nearing their closest angular approach.
TOPICS: Astronomy; Astronomy Picture of the Day; Science
KEYWORDS: nasa
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posted on
02/27/2023 11:11:33 AM PST
by
MtnClimber
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Pinging the APOD list.
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posted on
02/27/2023 11:12:12 AM PST
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MtnClimber
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To: MtnClimber
Venus & Jupiter will be very close together tonight, right after sundown...............
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posted on
02/27/2023 11:15:41 AM PST
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Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
To: MtnClimber
Zodiacal Ray with Venus and Jupiter Great concert line-up and cool poster. Thanks.
Needs Mars, though.
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posted on
02/27/2023 11:19:24 AM PST
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Ezekiel
(🆘️ "Come fly with US". Ingenuity -- because the Son of David begins with Mars ♂️, aka every man)
To: Red Badger
I have been watching them. I remember a bit over a year ago when Saturn and Jupiter were crossing. I just hope that they use turn signals and don’t follow too closely.
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posted on
02/27/2023 11:24:23 AM PST
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MtnClimber
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To: Ezekiel
Great concert line-up and cool poster. Thanks. I know: Venus and Mars are all right Tonight.
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posted on
02/27/2023 11:27:13 AM PST
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MtnClimber
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To: MtnClimber
Here it will probably be cloudy tonight!....................
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posted on
02/27/2023 11:27:21 AM PST
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Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
To: Red Badger
They will be closest on March 1st
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posted on
02/27/2023 11:42:56 AM PST
by
qam1
(There's been a huge party. All plates and the bottles are empty, all that's left is the bill to pay)
To: qam1
Beware the Sides of March!.....................
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posted on
02/27/2023 11:46:06 AM PST
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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posted on
02/27/2023 11:54:26 AM PST
by
telescope115
(My feet are on the ground, and my head is in the stars.)
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posted on
02/27/2023 12:58:03 PM PST
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DannyTN
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