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.

                               2025 January 11
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                       An Evening Sky Full of Planets
              Image Credit & [3]Copyright: [4]Dario Giannobile

   Explanation: Only Mercury is missing from a [5]Solar System parade of
   planets in this [6]early evening skyscape. Rising nearly opposite the
   Sun, bright Mars is at the far left. The other naked-eye planets
   Jupiter, Saturn, and Venus, can also be spotted, with the the position
   of too-faint Uranus and Neptune marked near the arcing trace of the
   [7]ecliptic plane. On the far right and close to the western horizon
   after sunset is a young crescent Moon whose surface is partly
   illuminated by earthshine. In the foreground of the composite panorama
   captured on 2 January, planet Earth is represented by Mount Etna's
   lower [8]Silvestri Crater. Of course Earth's early evening skies are
   [9]full of planets for the entire [10]month of January. On 13 January,
   a nearly Full Moon will appear to pass in front of Mars for skywatchers
   in the continental U.S. and Eastern Canada.

                 Tomorrow's picture: small moon, big crater
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References

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   2. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/2501/PlanetsMoonSilvestriCraterCaptionLD.jpg
   3. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/about_apod.html#srapply
   4. https://www.dariogiannobile.com/
   5. https://science.nasa.gov/solar-system/
   6. https://www.dariogiannobile.com/night_sky_galleries/nightscape/hf97ff13#hf97ff13
   7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecliptic
   8. https://epod.usra.edu/blog/2024/06/walking-through-the-colors-on-a-crater.html
   9. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap220701.html
  10. https://science.nasa.gov/solar-system/skywatching/whats-up-january-2025-skywatching-tips-from-nasa/
  11. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap250110.html
  12. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html
  13. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/apsubmit2015.html
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  15. https://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/apod/apod_search
  16. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/calendar/allyears.html
  17. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod.rss
  18. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/edlinks.html
  19. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/about_apod.html
  20. http://asterisk.apod.com/discuss_apod.php?date=250111
  21. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap250112.html
  22. http://www.phy.mtu.edu/faculty/Nemiroff.html
  23. http://www.phy.mtu.edu/
  24. https://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/htmltest/jbonnell/www/bonnell.html
  25. http://www.astro.umd.edu/
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  27. https://www.nasa.gov/about/highlights/HP_Privacy.html
  28. https://astrophysics.gsfc.nasa.gov/
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