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Astronomy Picture of the Day

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\n\nDiscover the cosmos!\nEach day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is\nfeatured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer.\n

\n\n2013 September 28\n
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\n Equinox Earth
\n\n Image Credit: \n\nRoscosmos / NTSOMZ /\nzelenyikot.livejournal.com\n
\nCourtesy:\nIgor Tirsky,\nVitaliy Egorov\n\n
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\n\n Explanation: \n\nFrom a geostationary orbit 36,000 kilometers above the equator,\nRussian meteorological\nsatellite\nElektro-L takes high-resolution images\nour fair planet\nevery 30 minutes.\n\nBut only twice\na year, during an Equinox, can it capture an image\nlike this one, showing an entire hemisphere bathed in sunlight.\n\nAt an Equinox,\nthe Earth's axis of rotation is not tilted toward or\naway from the Sun, so the\nsolar illumination can extend\nto both the planet's poles.\n\nOf course,\nthis Elektro-L picture\nwas recorded on September 22nd,\nat the northern hemisphere's autumnal equinox.\n\nFor a moment on that date, the Sun was behind\nthe geostationary satellite and a\ntelltale glint of reflected sunlight is seen crossing the equator,\nat the location on the planet with satellite and sun directly overhead\n(5MB animated gif).\n\n

\n Tomorrow's picture: fairy big\n\n

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Astronomy Picture of the Day

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\n\nDiscover the cosmos!\nEach day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is\nfeatured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer.\n

\n\n2013 September 27\n
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\n Andromeda on the Rocks
\n\n Image Credit &\nCopyright: \n\nCristian Fattinnanzi\n\n
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\n\n Explanation: \n\nHow far can you see?\n\nThe\nAndromeda Galaxy 2.5 million light years away is the most distant\nobject easily seen by the unaided eye.\n\nOther apparent denizens of the night sky, stars, clusters, and nebulae,\ntypically range from a few hundred to a few thousand light-years\naway and lie well within\nour own Milky Way Galaxy.\n\nAlso known as M31, the\nAndromeda\nGalaxy is the faint smudge near top center of this Earth and skyscape,\ntaken from eastern Italy, near Monte Conero on the Adriatic sea coast.\n\nFrom a few centimeters\nto a few million light-years,\nthe picture demonstrates a stunning range of vision.\n\nThough galaxy and\nseaside rocks could be seen with the eye on that\nclear summer night, no camera captured this view in a single exposure.\n\nBecause the stars trailed\nabove the horizon while the picture was made,\nseparate exposures tracking the stars were combined\nwith one of rocks and cliffs made with the camera steadied\nto create the tantalizing scene.\n\n

\n Tomorrow's picture: Equinox Earth\n\n

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Astronomy Picture of the Day

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\n\nDiscover the cosmos!\nEach day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is\nfeatured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer.\n

\n\n2013 September 28\n
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\n\n
\n Equinox Earth
\n\n Image Credit: \n\nRoscosmos / NTSOMZ /\nzelenyikot.livejournal.com\n
\nCourtesy:\nIgor Tirsky,\nVitaliy Egorov\n\n
\n

\n\n Explanation: \n\nFrom a geostationary orbit 36,000 kilometers above the equator,\nRussian meteorological\nsatellite\nElektro-L takes high-resolution images\nour fair planet\nevery 30 minutes.\n\nBut only twice\na year, during an Equinox, can it capture an image\nlike this one, showing an entire hemisphere bathed in sunlight.\n\nAt an Equinox,\nthe Earth's axis of rotation is not tilted toward or\naway from the Sun, so the\nsolar illumination can extend\nto both the planet's poles.\n\nOf course,\nthis Elektro-L picture\nwas recorded on September 22nd,\nat the northern hemisphere's autumnal equinox.\n\nFor a moment on that date, the Sun was behind\nthe geostationary satellite and a\ntelltale glint of reflected sunlight is seen crossing the equator,\nat the location on the planet with satellite and sun directly overhead\n(5MB animated gif).\n\n

\n Tomorrow's picture: fairy big\n\n

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\n Authors & editors: \nRobert Nemiroff\n(MTU) &\nJerry Bonnell (UMCP)
\nNASA Official: Phillip Newman\nSpecific rights apply.
\nNASA Web\nPrivacy Policy and Important Notices
\nA service of:\nASD at\nNASA /\nGSFC\n
& Michigan Tech. U.
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