                        Astronomy Picture of the Day

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                                 2022 May 24

                     A Deep Sky Behind an Eclipsed Moon
               Image Credit & Copyright: 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 Milky Way galaxy on the far left, and the
   colorful clouds of Rho Ophiuchi in the image center. The unusual guest,
   a dimmed and reddened Moon on the right, was expected because the image
   was taken during last week’s total lunar eclipse. The timing had to be
   right because the Moon — both before and after eclipse — would be so
   bright it would overwhelm the background. The unexpected guest was the
   bright meteor across the image center. The fleeting meteor streak was
   captured on only one of the 10 consecutively-captured deep-field images
   from La Palma in the Spanish Canary Islands, while the eclipsed Moon
   image was taken immediately afterwards with the same camera and from
   the same location. The next total lunar eclipse — also quite expected —
   will occur in early November.

        Notable Submissions to APOD: Total Lunar Eclipse of 2022 May
               Tomorrow's picture: lagoon twisters from hubble
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