             APOD: 2018 July 3 - An Airplane in Front of the Moon

                         Astronomy Picture of the Day

    Discover the cosmos! [1] Each day a different image or photograph of our
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                                  2018 July 3
                                      [2]
                      An Airplane in Front of the Moon
                  Image Credit & Copyright: Ji-Hoon Kim [3]

Explanation: If you look closely at the Moon, you will see a large airplane in
front of it. Well, not always. OK, hardly ever. Actually, to capture [4]  an
image [5] like [6] this [7]  takes precise timing [8] , an exposure fast
enough to freeze the airplane and not overexpose the Moon -- but slow enough
to see both, a steady camera, and luck -- because not every plane that
approaches the Moon [9]  crosses in front. Helpful equipment includes a camera
with fast continuous video mode and a mount that automatically tracks the Moon
[10] . The featured fleeting superposition [11]  was captured from Seoul [12]
, South Korea [13] two weeks ago during a daytime waxing gibbous [14]
moonrise. Within 1/10th of a second, the airplane crossing was over [15] .

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