﻿ 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. 2022 May 24 [2]The featured image shows the Rho Ophiuchi gas clouds with a the Moon in total lunar eclipse to the right. Also in the frame are a bright meteor and the part of the central band of our Milky Way galaxy. Please see the explanation for more detailed information. A Deep Sky Behind an Eclipsed Moon Image Credit & Copyright: [3]Andrei Ionut Dascalu Explanation: The plan was to capture a picturesque part of the sky that was hosting an unusual guest. The result included a bonus — an additional and unexpected guest. The beautiful background features part of the central band of our [4]Milky Way galaxy on the far left, and the [5]colorful clouds of [6]Rho Ophiuchi in the image center. The unusual guest, a dimmed and [7]reddened Moon on the right, was expected because the image was taken during last week’s [8]total lunar eclipse. The timing had to be right because [9]the Moon — both before and after eclipse — would be so bright it would overwhelm the background. The [10]unexpected guest was the [11]bright meteor across the image center. The [12]fleeting meteor streak was [13]captured on only one of the 10 consecutively-captured deep-field images from [14]La Palma in the [15]Spanish [16]Canary Islands, while the [17]eclipsed Moon image was taken immediately afterwards with the same camera and from the same location. The next [18]total lunar eclipse — also quite expected — [19]will occur in early November. Notable Submissions to APOD: [20]Total Lunar Eclipse of 2022 May Tomorrow's picture: lagoon twisters from hubble __________________________________________________________________ [21]< | [22]Archive | [23]Submissions | [24]Index | [25]Search | [26]Calendar | [27]RSS | [28]Education | [29]About APOD | [30]Discuss | [31]> __________________________________________________________________ Authors & editors: [32]Robert Nemiroff ([33]MTU) & [34]Jerry Bonnell ([35]UMCP) NASA Official: Phillip Newman [36]Specific rights apply. [37]NASA Web Privacy Policy and Important Notices A service of: [38]ASD at [39]NASA / [40]GSFC & [41]Michigan Tech. U. References 1. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html 2. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/2205/RhoLunarEclipse_Dascalu_1920.jpg 3. https://www.instagram.com/andreidashi/ 4. https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/resources/285/the-milky-way-galaxy/ 5. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap201014.html 6. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap190513.html 7. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap220518.html 8. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap180128.html 9. https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/moons/earths-moon/in-depth/ 10. https://thumbs.dreamstime.com/b/surprised-kitten-opened-his-blue-eyes-what-saw-distance-his-surprise-simply-no-limit-surprised-kitten-127903405.jpg 11. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meteoroid#/media/File:Meteoroid_meteor_meteorite.gif 12. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap210315.html 13. https://www.instagram.com/p/CdqR1BGNkC7/ 14. https://youtu.be/Ub9622tvuUM 15. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spain 16. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canary_Islands 17. https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.4715932428510939&type=3 18. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap210525.html 19. https://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/lunar/2022-november-8 20. https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.4715932428510939&type=3 21. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap220523.html 22. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html 23. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/apsubmit2015.html 24. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/aptree.html 25. https://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/apod/apod_search 26. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/calendar/allyears.html 27. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod.rss 28. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/edlinks.html 29. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/about_apod.html 30. http://asterisk.apod.com/discuss_apod.php?date=220524 31. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap220525.html 32. http://www.phy.mtu.edu/faculty/Nemiroff.html 33. http://www.phy.mtu.edu/ 34. https://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/htmltest/jbonnell/www/bonnell.html 35. http://www.astro.umd.edu/ 36. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/about_apod.html#srapply 37. https://www.nasa.gov/about/highlights/HP_Privacy.html 38. https://astrophysics.gsfc.nasa.gov/ 39. https://www.nasa.gov/ 40. https://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/ 41. http://www.mtu.edu/