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                                2023 April 29

                          Solar Eclipse from a Ship
                         Image Credit: Fred Espenak

   Explanation: Along a narrow path that mostly avoided landfall, the
   shadow of the New Moon raced across planet Earth's southern hemisphere
   on April 20 to create a rare annular-total or hybrid solar eclipse.
   From the Indian Ocean off the coast of western Australia, ship-borne
   eclipse chasers were able to witness 62 seconds of totality though
   while anchored near the centerline of the total eclipse track. This
   ship-borne image of the eclipse captures the active Sun's magnificent
   outer atmosphere or solar corona streaming into space. A composite of
   11 exposures ranging from 1/2000 to 1/2 second, it records an extended
   range of brightness to follow details of the corona not quite visible
   to the eye during the total eclipse phase. Of course eclipses tend to
   come in pairs. On May 5, the next Full Moon will just miss the dark
   inner part of Earth's shadow in a penumbral lunar eclipse.

   Total Solar Eclipse of 2023 April Gallery: Notable Submissions to APOD
                  Tomorrow's picture: subtle Saturnian moon
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