Astronomy Picture of the Day [1]Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. 2021 May 27 [2]See Explanation. Clicking on the picture will download the highest resolution version available. Mid-Eclipse and Milky Way Image Credit & [3]Copyright: [4]John Kraus Explanation: [5]May's perigee Full Moon slid through Earth's shadow yesterday entertaining night skygazers in regions [6]around the Pacific. Seen from western North America, it sinks toward the rugged Sierra Nevada mountain range in this [7]time-lapse series of the total lunar eclipse. Low on the western horizon the Moon was captured at mid-eclipse with two separate exposures. Combined they reveal the [8]eclipsed Moon's reddened color against the dark night sky and the diffuse starlight band of the Milky Way. Frames taken every five minutes from the fixed camera follow the surrounding progression of the eclipse partial phases. In the foreground a radio telescope dish at California's [9]Owen's Valley Radio Observatory points skyward. Tomorrow's picture: pixels in space __________________________________________________________________ [10]< | [11]Archive | [12]Submissions | [13]Index | [14]Search | [15]Calendar | [16]RSS | [17]Education | [18]About APOD | [19]Discuss | [20]> __________________________________________________________________ Authors & editors: [21]Robert Nemiroff ([22]MTU) & [23]Jerry Bonnell ([24]UMCP) NASA Official: Phillip Newman [25]Specific rights apply. [26]NASA Web Privacy Policy and Important Notices A service of: [27]ASD at [28]NASA / [29]GSFC & [30]Michigan Tech. U. References 1. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html 2. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/2105/TLEMay2021Kraus.jpg 3. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/about_apod.html#srapply 4. https://www.johnkrausphotos.com/ 5. https://moon.nasa.gov/news/161/super-blood-moon-your-questions-answered/ 6. https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/4906 7. https://www.johnkrausphotos.com/Galleries/Space/Astrophotography/ 8. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap200124.html 9. https://www.ovro.caltech.edu/index.php?page=history 10. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap210526.html 11. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html 12. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/apsubmit2015.html 13. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/aptree.html 14. https://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/apod/apod_search 15. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/calendar/allyears.html 16. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod.rss 17. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/edlinks.html 18. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/about_apod.html 19. http://asterisk.apod.com/discuss_apod.php?date=210527 20. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap210528.html 21. http://www.phy.mtu.edu/faculty/Nemiroff.html 22. http://www.phy.mtu.edu/ 23. https://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/htmltest/jbonnell/www/bonnell.html 24. http://www.astro.umd.edu/ 25. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/about_apod.html#srapply 26. https://www.nasa.gov/about/highlights/HP_Privacy.html 27. https://astrophysics.gsfc.nasa.gov/ 28. https://www.nasa.gov/ 29. https://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/ 30. http://www.mtu.edu/